Desire as the Key to the Universe
Have you ever considered how desires are a window into the meaning of the universe? What do I mean? Well, desires tends to correspond to the existence of something that was meant to satisfy those desires. Listen to how C.S. Lewis put it:
Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exist. A baby feels hunger; well, there is such a thing as food. Men feel sexual desire; well, there is such a thing as sex. If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was meant for another world. If none of my earthly pleasures satisfy it, that does not mean that the universe is a fraud. Probably earthly pleasures were never meant to satisfy it, but only to arouse it, to suggest the real thing. (C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity)
Thought-provoking, isn’t it?
Many of our desires know no limit, because they were ultimately meant to be satisfied by the limitless God. You were not only made by God but also for God—for His pleasure.
Something to think about from the Kingdom Perspective.
You have made known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
~Psalm 16:11 NIV
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