Empty houses can attract unsavory inhabitants. They can become a haven for vandalism, drug use, and other illicit activities. They are a safety concern to the whole neighborhood.
Similarly, souls devoid of God’s Spirit can become a magnet for evil. Jesus speaks of this in Matthew 12 and Luke 11.
“On return it (the evil spirit) finds the person spotlessly clean, but vacant. It then runs out and rounds up seven other spirits more evil than itself and they all move in, whooping it up… You may think you have cleaned out the junk from your lives and gotten ready for God, but you weren’t hospitable to my kingdom message, and now all the devils are moving back in!” (Matthew 12:43-45 MSG)
Long periods of spiritual vacancy can be harmful to one’s soul. Some of us would rather stay vacant than allow an incomprehensible God into our lives. We want to know, be absolutely sure, before we hand over the keys to our soul. We don’t recognize the danger in the void. Flirting with agnosticism can open up our souls to harmful squatters.
We must accept that it is impossible to understand God fully with our human minds. We may have doubts about the details, but we can be sure of this: A life with God is better than a life without God.
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