Without Form and Void

 

At our church we have a prayer meeting every Wednesday. There are usually about 12 to 16 of us in attendance. We are just a small group, but we see a lot of prayers answered.

Last Wednesday a man named Dennis told us about an interview he heard with a young lady who compared us to a glove. She said a glove is made to fit a hand but it has no form until a hand is in it. That really resonated with me.

I have thought a lot about that since I heard it.

When God made Adam He created him in His mage. I believe when God breathed the breath of life into Adam He actually entered into him so that man would not only be a companion to God but also be a dwelling place for God. He tells us to invite Him in so He can live in us. He then created Eve in His image also.

When Adam and Eve sinned God could no longer live in them because He cannot live in sin.

They became like empty gloves. Even though Adam and Eve were created in God’s image they no longer looked like Him. They were empty gloves, laying crumpled up, unable to be what they were created to be.

As sinful human beings we too are empty and formless. Though we were created to look like Him, we are helpless to do so until we invite Him in. We don’t even know what we can look like until He is in us and gives us His form.

In Genesis, the Bible says that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light, and there was light.”

That reminds me of us. God creates us, but because of sin we are without form, and we are void. As we have learned all our lives, voids want to be filled. We know we want to fill that void but we don’t know how to. We try to fill it with money, play, romantic relationships, power, etc. but to no avail.

When, one day, we feel God moving on us we have the option to respond to Him. If we do, and we invite Him in, He will fill that void like nothing else can. We will immediately start taking on the image of God because He is now filling that void. The more we allow Him to mold us, the more we will look like Him.

Of course we can never be God, but we will try to pattern ourselves after Him. No longer will we worship popular singers, movie stars, athletes, money, or power. God will start revealing to us what is actually important in this life. That does not mean we can’t still enjoy listening to our favorite singer, or watching our favorite athlete. We can still be entertained by people, but God will bring it all into perspective. We will understand that if we never see them again, it will not make any measurable difference in our life. However, if we do not strive to live for Jesus and worship only Him, the consequences will carry clear into eternity.

My father used to quote a little poem that said:

Only one life, ‘twill soon be past.                                                                   Only what’s done for Christ will last.

So, it is our choice. Do we want to remain a formless void? Do we want to be like the empty glove laying in a crumpled shapeless heap, heading for hell? Or would we rather be filled with God, shaped in His image and on our way to eternity with Him?

It is our choice, and it is a choice we all must make. Don’t fool yourself into believing you don’t have to make the choice. Not making a choice is making the choice.

What will you choose? Answer very carefully. Your whole eternity depends on your answer.

Think about it.