God created me to desire. He wants to speak to my heart and find there a fire burning for Him, so He can quench it with good things. He wants me to know that His hand—and only His hand—provides all that I need, so my fire will burn eternally for Him.
There is a photograph of a very young me standing with my first friend in the center of town. There was some sort of giveaway for kids and we gathered around a fire engine with our hands out. I’m sure I was very excited to get a present, but the photo shows me dejected, looking into my father’s camera with a small doll blanket hanging from my hand. Isn’t that how life can be? We desire, we grab, we are disappointed, we grab again.
There are endless ways to pacify desire, but only One satisfies. Even if a frivolous purchase pleases me for a moment or a year, it may sooner or later spoil and become a bother. Or worse yet, I will cling to it forever, never realizing it is a worthless imposter of the provision of God.
Why would I place my hope in gifts or promises from the world? The world doesn’t know me. When I put my faith in God and keep confident in His promises, He fills my needs, He gives me gifts, He makes me to desire the way He leads and the endeavors He sets before me. God’s gifts will quench your desire. He does not disappoint
The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks and make your home on the heights, you who say to yourself, “Who can bring me down to the ground?” Obadiah 1:3
Meeting God at the Park 