You will never want more of Jesus until you experience emptiness.
Here’s something to think about. Is who you are right now worth leaving behind to experience who you can become?
Before answering, let me share an illustration of being full that you might already have seen. Take an empty cup and place rocks in it all the way to the top. Is it full? Yes, so do you want more? No, because the cup can’t contain any more rocks.
Add fine sand, which fills in the cup’s crevices. Now is it full? Yes, so do you want more sand? No, because it is full.
Finally add water, which fills in all the spaces you couldn’t see. Is it finally full? You’re probably beginning to doubt what “full” means, right?
Jesus came to give us abundant life (John 10:10) – a full container. Yet, the only way we can understand abundant is when we allow Jesus to let us experience the lack of fullness.
We have to stop settling for who are at the moment – good or bad. We have to want and believe we can have more of Him. This is why we feel empty at various times in our lives. And maybe, even wonder why are we still here.
Emptiness is good! It allows you to know that you are empty and to ask for more of Him, more of the abundant life He promised.
Hopefully now we are ready to answer the above proposed question in order to ask Him to change us even more into His image so we can experience more of Him in our lives.