# Is Emptiness Always a Bad Thing—or Can God Use It to Fill Us? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Faith\ **Tags:** featured\ **Created:** [September 26, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.crosswalk.com/t/is-emptiness-always-a-bad-thing-or-can-god-use-it-to-fill-us/12782 "2025-09-26T14:22:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fritzpw\_Admin](https://forums.crosswalk.com/user_avatar/forums.crosswalk.com/fritzpw_admin/32/250_2.png) [@Fritzpw\_Admin](https://forums.crosswalk.com/u/Fritzpw_Admin)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.crosswalk.com/t/is-emptiness-always-a-bad-thing-or-can-god-use-it-to-fill-us/12782/1 "2025-09-26T14:22:27Z")
> **Is Emptiness Always a Bad Thing—or Can God Use It to Fill Us?** > > ![spiritual-emptiness-god-fills](https://forums.crosswalk.com/uploads/default/original/2X/8/80226d0b18fca2406586374b0248b3953495270e.jpeg) > > As Christians reflect on the ways God works through both abundance and lack, we invite your voice in Crosswalk Forums. > #SpiritualLonging #GodsPresence #christianforums #crosswalkforums #forums #crosswalk #faithcommunity #faithforums Most people dread the feeling of emptiness. It often comes with loneliness, grief, burnout, or the sense that something important is missing. Yet Scripture sometimes speaks of God working most powerfully in the places where we feel least capable. That raises a hard question: could seasons of emptiness actually be part of God’s design to draw us closer to Him? When our hearts feel stripped of distraction and comfort, are we being prepared for a deeper filling of His presence? Throughout the Bible, we see examples where emptiness became the doorway to transformation. Israel wandering in the wilderness, Elijah waiting for God’s still small voice, the disciples facing despair between the cross and the resurrection—all of these moments remind us that silence and emptiness are not always signs of God’s absence. How do we discern when emptiness is something to resist, and when it’s something God may be using for our good? Have you ever experienced God filling a season of emptiness in unexpected ways? _“Sometimes God empties us, not to take something away, but to make room for something better.”_ > **Infographic** > > ![emptiness-and-gods-presence](https://forums.crosswalk.com/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0b0747622189d8d77ee2678e15e40e189bcc7c96.jpeg) Explore the devotional here: > **[How Emptiness Fills Our Souls - The Crosswalk Devotional - September 26 -...](https://www.crosswalk.com/devotionals/crosswalk-devo/how-emptiness-fills-our-souls-the-crosswalk-devotional.html?utm_medium=cwforums&utm_source=Forums&utm_campaign=cwpost)** > > Read How Emptiness Fills Our Souls - The Crosswalk Devotional - September 26 from today's daily devotional. Be encouraged and grow your faith with daily and weekly devotionals. ---
**Author:** ![bdavidc](https://forums.crosswalk.com/user_avatar/forums.crosswalk.com/bdavidc/32/7919_2.png) [@bdavidc](https://forums.crosswalk.com/u/bdavidc)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.crosswalk.com/t/is-emptiness-always-a-bad-thing-or-can-god-use-it-to-fill-us/12782/2 "2025-09-26T17:40:02Z")
> [@Fritzpw\_Admin](#): > > How do we discern when emptiness is something to resist, and when it’s something God may be using for our good? We discern by looking at what the emptiness produces and where it drives us. If emptiness pushes us into despair, sin, or turning away from God, it is something to resist, because God is not the author of evil (_James 1:13–15_). But if emptiness strips us of pride, idols, or self-reliance and leads us to seek Christ more, then God is using it for our good. Paul said, _“We were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself… but that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead”_ (_2 Corinthians 1:8–9_). With that said: Emptiness that leaves the heart unguarded is dangerous (_Matthew 12:43–45_). Emptiness that drives us to depend on the Lord is a gift (_2 Corinthians 12:9–10_).