In the hearts of all mankind, of whatever race or station in life,

there are inexpressible longings for something they do not now

possess. This longing is implanted in the very constitution of man

by a merciful God, that man may not be satisfied with his present

conditions or attainments, whether bad, or good, or better. God

desires that the human shall seek the best, and find it to the eternal

blessing of his soul.

Satan, by wily scheme and craft, has perverted these longings

of the human heart. He makes men believe that this desire may

be satisfied by pleasure, by wealth, by ease, by fame, by power;

but those who have been thus deceived by him (and they number

myriads) find all these things pall upon the sense, leaving the soul

as barren and unsatisfied as before.

It is God’s design that this longing of the human heart should

lead to the one who alone is able to satisfy it. The desire is of

Him that it may lead to Him, the fullness and fulfillment of that

desire. That fullness is found in Jesus the Christ, the Son of the

Eternal God. “For it was the good pleasure of the Father that in Him

should all the fullness dwell;” “For in Him dwelleth all the fullness

of the Godhead bodily.” And it is also true that “In Him ye are made

full” with respect to every desire divinely implanted and normally

followed.