God wired appetites—intense biological, emotional, sexual, spiritual, unavoidable desires—into every human soul so that he could fill them. He wants us to be full, not empty; to be loved, not lonely. One of my favorite verses in the Bible says, “In your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore” (Ps. 16:11).
With time, I've grown to disagree with this conclusion. It's too simplistic. I don't think God lacks the capacity to fulfill desires but often, they can go unfulfilled despite a person seeking God wholeheartedly. Perhaps those desires are genuinely for the object: sexual desire for sex with a human, emotional desires for intimacy in the form of physical conversation. Yes, we should seek peace and close-ness with God but it usually will not quell desires for relational things. For some (thankfully not all), walking with God can mean unfulfilled sexual desire or a certain measure of loneliness for a season or a lifetime.
