"You complete me." Those are the words I first heard in a movie several years ago. It was the typical Cinderella story with two girls and as the script would have it, one was "up and coming" and at the arm of a propserous sports agent. The other was a meek, single mom just trying to get by.
The agent's luck runs out and he finds himself at the bottom of the pit with no friends, no sports prospects, no job. His only and new best friend is this single mom. You guessed it. Her son loves him, they develop a relationship and when she tries to leave he belts out those words that tempt any womans heart to stay....you complete me.
The reality is that we are born complete. We belong to the most high God and He is all we need. Instead, we open ourselves up to relationships, material temptations, and other things that rip at our hearts in competition.
In the end we can find ourselves empty, longing to hear those words so that someone can fill the emptiness in our heart. Too often we fall for the sweet "surface" but when we are in it deep, we discover it is only a facade.
This morning as I was going over the lesson I will teach today, these words came to mind. I don't know why. Perhaps it is because I see so many looking for completeness in someone else. Moms looking for kids to complete them, wives looking for husbands to complete them, friends looking for others to complete them....we will never fill that void.
I heard someone say that he had a void in his heart that no one could fill. He discovered it could not be filled because it was a "God sized void." Wow! I thought to myself "That explains alot." We can not fill those God sized voids! Only God can fill them. Only God is big enough!
So if you are sitting back wondering what or who it will take to "complete you" look to Him. Only God can complete you. Only God knows the extent of your void and what it will take to fill it. To God, the depth of the emptiness is not an issue, the depth of the sorrow is not an issue, the depth of the loss is not an issue, the lack of self esteem is not an issue, and the extent of your past is not an issue. He is God and He can!
I am thankful that I can look to Christ and confidently say those words....you complete me!
For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form and you have been given fullness in Christ...Colossians 2:9-10
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