Psalm 103:5 in the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Old Testament) tells us to bless the Lord because he is the one who "fills our desire with good things."
In the end, God only desires one thing; and that is we. In the end, we also only desire one thing; and that is happiness. All other things we desire are simply means to this end.
Our desire for happiness has been put in us by God, and is a desire for him. Through it, we experience God's desire for us. In other words, through our desire for God/happiness, we experience, in a small way, God's desire for us. We may not always realize this, but it is the truth. We only have to look at the face of the crucified Christ to realize God's desire for us.
Because God loves us, he desires to fill us with the good things that come from his presence in our lives. Let us open wide our mouths, so that he can fill them. After all, the things of this life will never fully satisfy us.
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