"If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world." C.S. Lewis - This is my favorite quote by Lewis, and I don't think I'll ever get tired of reading it and thinking about his words.
One desire this world can't satisfy is the desire to love and be loved. We want someone to choose to love us sacrificially, unconditionally and eternally. This perfect love can only be fulfilled in Christ. Each of us desires to be in a loving relationship that never ends, but love always ends. Death was not part of God's original plan, that's why it hurts so much. It goes against the nature of the world for which we were created.
Another desire this world can't satisfy is the desire to live life with meaning. I think that's why so many are searching for the meaning of life apart from Christ and can't find it. God didn't create us to find satisfaction in this world, because we were created for so much more. We live in a sin cursed world, as a result we experience great pain and disappointment. We have an inward desire to live a life with purpose. Life doesn't make sense if not viewed with an eternal perspective. If there is no eternity, there is no purpose in anything we do or suffer. Life is empty without Christ. Life becomes meaningless when we loose our heavenly perspective and fail to trust the sovereignty of God.
Some day God will come back and make everything right again. It's as if there is something in our souls that makes us long for Heaven, even though we've never been there. It's kind of like remembering something backwards, if that's even possible. We're homesick for a home to which we've never been.
"What profit has the worker from that in which he labors? I have seen the God-given task with which the sons of men are to be occupied. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from the beginning to end. I know that nothing is better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives, and also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor- it is the gift of God. " Ecc. 3:9-13
We won't find satisfaction in our jobs apart from God. When our job becomes just a way to make more money to buy more things, there is emptiness. Our jobs are fulfilling when we view them with a heavenly perspective. I love the phrase, "He has made everything beautiful in its time". It reminds me of creation when He stepped back, looked at His work and admired it's goodness. There is beauty in everything He made. "He has put eternity in their hearts", He created us for an eternal purpose. When we live for the temporary we go against our very nature. He doesn't intend for us to find complete satisfaction in these earthly things, but He does want us to enjoy them and consider them as His gifts to us. He is so gracious to us to give us joy even in our sinful state.
"And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away. Then He who sat on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And He said to me, Write, for these words are true and faithful." Rev. 21:4-5
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