Each one of us has a God shaped hole, what will you fill yours with?

Although we live in days when happiness is equated with materialism and technology, there is a level of human need that these cannot touch. You can have everything and be absolutely miserable. In fact, even friends and family, or the most perfect man-woman relationship cannot fill the God shaped hole that exists down deep in every human being. All the bravado and cockiness that characterizes success is just noise. For many, behind all of this is an aching for something that is elusive and intangible. It is a need for a relationship with the One who created you. You were made for it.

Unfortunately, human nature also has an aversion to God that separates us from Him. We need Him, but we hate Him. He is considered a threat to our happiness, because as our Creator, He has the absolute right to direct or control our lives. As a result, you may acknowledge Him and try to appease Him, but because he poses a threat to your freedom it's an uneasy relationship. In fact, it's not a relationship at all.

That's where the Good News comes in. Out of His kindness and a love that overrides our indifference and animosity, God sent His Son to reconcile us to Him. Jesus Christ 's death on the Cross satisfies all the demands of God's law, which we have broken. The Bible clearly states that each one of us is guilty before God (Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God"). The penalty for breaking His Law is death (Romans 6:23 "The wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ").

What this means is that when Christ died he was dying to take the place of people who really deserved to be up on the cross, people like you and me. As a result of His death, those who turn from their rebellion and place their trust in Jesus Christ are given a new status with God. They go from being enemies to being friends, from being under God's judgment to being forgiven. God enters their lives in a new and personal way, giving them a tenderness and a responsiveness towards Him. Instead of trying to appease Him, they genuinely love Him. Their whole life changes. It is absolutely the most wonderful thing that could ever happen to anyone.

God's love is so great. This offer is for you. No matter who you are, or what you've done, or where you've been, God is calling you to put your faith in His Son, Jesus Christ, to save you from the day when God exercises His righteous judgment against sin (the breaking of His laws, in both spirit and deed). Hebrew 9:27 states, "It is appointed for men to die once, and after that comes judgment." Jesus put it like this: "Come to me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." (Matt 11:28).