“You have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” -St. Augustine, Confessions

That is to say, within man there is a thirst: one which is seemingly never satified by anything the entire world can offer. The reason for this instaiability is simply on account of man’s purpose (for animals do not have this same restlessness). We were made to be in fellowship with God.

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. -Revelation 4:11

God has made us for His own pleasure, but also, we designed to get our own satisfaction from God.

And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. -John 17:3

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