Sin
What is sin? I think this one word is multi-faceted, but one of the facets I believe is this:
There's a song that says we all have a God-shaped hole. It's true. We do. Each and every one of us. And God is the ONLY thing that can fill that void. But oh, how we try. We try to fill it up with alcohol, and sex, and lust and T.V. and relationships, and drugs and careers and just about anything and everything that will get us feeling good. Sin is not just doing something bad, something you are going to be punished for.
Sin is when you try to fill that hole inside of you with something other than God. There are needs that only He can fill, and there are some things that may seem like they are filling them at the time (like alcohol or cigarrettes or drugs, T.V. or gossip or friendships) but in the end it will all feel empty and shallow and worth nothing because it's not HIM. And when you taste Him, and truly become satisfied, you will wonder how any of those other things could have ever even began to convince you that they were what you needed.
There's a song that says we all have a God-shaped hole. It's true. We do. Each and every one of us. And God is the ONLY thing that can fill that void. But oh, how we try. We try to fill it up with alcohol, and sex, and lust and T.V. and relationships, and drugs and careers and just about anything and everything that will get us feeling good. Sin is not just doing something bad, something you are going to be punished for.
Sin is when you try to fill that hole inside of you with something other than God. There are needs that only He can fill, and there are some things that may seem like they are filling them at the time (like alcohol or cigarrettes or drugs, T.V. or gossip or friendships) but in the end it will all feel empty and shallow and worth nothing because it's not HIM. And when you taste Him, and truly become satisfied, you will wonder how any of those other things could have ever even began to convince you that they were what you needed.