From The Active Word
He has put eternity in their hearts… Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NKJV)
There's a realm and reality that transcends this world we live in. It's something we can't tangibly see, taste, or touch. And yet it's something we can't ignore, either. Buried deep inside the human soul, there's an inkling, a longing, and an awareness that there has to be something more than what we experience on earth.
Why are we wired that way? How did that sense of "something more" get there to begin with?
When we go back to the beginning of man's existence, back to the creation of Adam and Eve, we see that they were created to enjoy an unrestricted and unending relationship with God. Something tragic happened, however. They disobeyed Him, and in doing so they brought the burden of sin on themselves and on the rest of the human race.
As a result, a rift occurred in their relationship with God. But their God-given desire for an unending relationship with Him wasn't erased or eradicated. Their longing to connect with the Eternal God forever remained in them, just as it remains in the human heart to this very day.
When God made man in His image and likeness, He put a taste for eternity in his heart. People can search and scour the face of the earth for something to satisfy this appetite. But they never will. Only a connection with the things of eternity, namely God's presence, can fulfill us. He wants it that way, because He doesn't want us to dwell in a state of separated contentment.
The awareness of something more, of eternity, is God's merciful reminder that we're made for so much more than anything this world has to offer.
"I thank thee, O Lord, that Thou hast so set eternity within my heart that no earthly thing can ever satisfy me wholly." -John Baillie
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