Why will just a little more never be enough?

Why is it that no matter what we surround ourselves with that we think will make us happy, we still feel empty? Why do we long for something more?
Does everyone have an emptiness inside that only God can fill?

The passage following explain about our innate desire for something more:

Question: "Does everyone have a “God-shaped hole”?"

Answer: The “God-shaped hole” concept states that every person has a void in his soul/spirit/life that can only be filled by God. The “God-shaped hole” is the innate longing of the human heart for something outside itself, something transcendent, something ‘other’.

It is beautiful how God has done everything at the right time. He has put a sense of eternity in people’s minds. Yet, mortals still can’t grasp what God is doing from the beginning to the end [of time]. Ecclesiastes 3:11 refers to God’s placing of “eternity in man’s heart.” God made humanity for His eternal purpose and only God can fulfil our desire for eternity.

All religion is based on the innate desire to “connect” with God. This desire can only be fulfilled by God, and therefore can be likened to a “God-shaped hole.” The problem, though, is that humanity ignores this hole or attempts to fill it with things other than God.

Jeremiah 17:9 describes the condition of our hearts: “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?”

Solomon reiterates the same concept: “The hearts of men, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live…” Ecclesiastes 9:3

The New Testament concurs: “The sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so” Romans 8:7

Read here Romans 1:18-32 – this so describes our world right now describing humanity ignoring what can be known about God, including presumably the “God-shaped hole,” and instead worshipping anything and everything other than God.

Sadly, too many spend their lives looking for something other than God to fill their longing for meaning—business, family, sports, etc. But in pursuing these things that are not eternal, they remain unfulfilled and wonder why their lives never seem satisfactory.

Many pursuing things other than God achieve a measure of “happiness” for a time. But when we consider Solomon, who had all the riches, success, esteem, and power in the world—in short, all that men seek after in this life—we see that none of it fulfilled the longing for eternity. He declared it all “vanity,” meaning that he sought after these things in vain because they did not satisfy. In the end he said, “Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, this applies to everyone” Ecclesiastes 12:13

Just as a square peg cannot fill a round hole, neither can the “God-shaped hole” inside each of us be filled by anyone or anything other than God. Only through a personal relationship with God through faith in Jesus Christ can the “God-shaped hole” be filled and the desire for eternity fulfilled. Author Unknown

Worshipping anything crafted from materials harvested from the earth will never hear or getting ourselves into a certain state of mind will never answer our prayers. The Bible written so long ago also covers this:

They exchanged the glory of the immortal God for statues that looked like mortal humans, birds, animals, and snakes.These people have exchanged God’s truth for a lie. So they have become ungodly and serve what is created rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Read more from Romans 1:20-25

“The God who made the universe and everything in it and who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in man-made temples; nor is he served by human hands, as if he lacked something; since it is he himself who gives life and breath and everything to everyone. From one man he made every nation living on the entire surface of the earth and he fixed the limits of their territories and the periods when they would flourish.

God did this so that people would look for him and perhaps reach out and find him although in fact, he is not far from each one of us, ‘for in him we live and move and exist.’ Indeed, as some of the poets among you have said, ‘We are actually his children.’

So, since we are children of God, we shouldn’t suppose that God’s essence resembles gold, silver or stone shaped by human technique and imagination.

“In the past, God overlooked such ignorance; but now he is commanding all people everywhere to turn to him from their sins. For he has set a Day when he will judge the inhabited world, and do it justly, by means of a man whom he has designated. And he has given public proof of it by resurrecting this man from the dead.” At the mention of a resurrection of dead people, some began to scoff; while others said, “We want to hear you again on this subject.” Acts 17:24-32 CJB

Some scoffed while others believed – which one are you? The choice we make determines where we will spend eternity.

Then Samuel addressed the house of Israel: “If you are truly serious about coming back to God, clean house. Get rid of the foreign gods and fertility goddesses, ground yourselves firmly in God, worship him and him alone.” 1 Samuel 7:3 MSG

“Then they cried for help to God. They confessed, ’We’ve sinned! We’ve gone off and left God and worshiped the fertility gods and goddesses of Canaan. Oh, deliver us from the brutalities of our enemies and we’ll worship you alone.’ 1 Samuel 12:10 MSG

From the rising to the setting of the sun. In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to my name, because my name will be great among the nations," says the LORD Almighty. Malachi 1:11

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for God’s approval. They will be satisfied. Matthew 5:6

And Jesus is only a prayer away. If you want to believe in Him but aren’t convinced, ask Him to show Himself to you… and He will!

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