Eric Hurtgen writing for Relevant Magazine reminds us of the shallowness of this contemporary society and the danger we face living here. The danger of course is the loss of our souls. When I write about losing your soul I know we immediately think of an eternal situation, which in this case is true, but our souls can be lost here and now just as well.

So we end up running on and on and on; running to find some new something to inspire us again. But we don't realize that we, ourselves, get used up in the process of our running. So used up, in fact, that we eventually find that we're more container than content, a nice facade with very little underneath. And that's when devils do their best work. They find our defenses down and our places empty.

Hurtgen’s description of being more container then content is frightening but so true. Who of us hasn’t felt somewhat hollow? Who hasn’t felt the devils presence in the middle of that emptiness?

So where do we go and what do we do to become more content then container. Maybe doing and going aren’t the answer. Hurtgen suggest we wait and wait and wait until Jesus shows up to fill us. Easy? No. Effective? Yes.