I know the saying Empty vessels make more noise. Empty, dry, and purposeless is what we often feel deep inside of us? No doubt we are living in a noisy and dusty world. If not mindful, our minds can easily become dirty and our life seems purposeless.
One rainy afternoon as I stepped
outside my house, I saw an empty water bottle tossed on the road making its squeaking
noise as it gets hit by the tires of the cars and trucks. This thought flashed
in my mind that it is similar to a life without purpose, empty, wandering on
the road of life here and there and not serving its purpose. I pondered on that
and asked myself does that resemble my life at this juncture?
A life well lived in the
past does not guarantee a life of purpose in the present. Every day needs a
reminder of who we are and for what we are made for? Also, every day demands the renewal of our minds to understand our purpose in this life.
We do a lot of stuff every
day to keep ourselves awake, busy, and occupied and still, it is possible that we
feel empty and hide our emotions behind the carpet of the busyness of work. But God
in His wisdom knew our hearts are weak, lonely, crazy, and most often empty. The noise of our silence within us is bothering
and makes us ask why we are living such a life?
Surely our silence is guilty silence before our Holy God. God in His great Love and Mercy sent his only son Lord Jesus to save us from this wretched condition of our hearts and mind to have a right standing with God and experience the plethora of His peace and His grace in our lives. The greatest delight in this life is to have meaning and purpose in knowing that we are adopted into the family of God and called children of God (Eph 1:5).
The question is do we
know this God who is so Merciful, so Loving and All-knowing?
Let our minds be deeply saturated
with God and His presence every day to overcome fear and Sin. We need to humbly meet
God every day (10-15 mins) with all our load of trouble and heaviness of heart.
It is our individual responsibility to
guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus (Prov 4:24; Ro 12:1-2; 2cor 11:3).
Enjoy God in simple ways
for this is the chief end of man in this life!
