Are You Satisfied?

Read: Isaiah 58:11-14
 
Satisfaction is sometimes hard to find.  Perhaps a certain rock song from the 1960’s comes to mind?  “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction” sang the Rolling Stones.  Often times the problem is that people look in the wrong places for satisfaction.  People spend a lot of time and money trying to find things and buy things that will bring satisfaction and happiness.  It may do the trick for a moment, but those feelings of being satisfied are often fleeting.

In his classic book “Mere Christianity” C.S. Lewis wrote, “If I find myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”  The suggestion that Lewis is making is that finding satisfaction in this life goes beyond pleasing ourselves.  It is found in God and in being part of something bigger than just us.

The prophet Isaiah is addressing this in the Bible when he says, “The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen you.” (Isaiah 58:11)  King David said, “For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.” (Psalm 107:9)  Jesus himself said, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.”

The answer to finding satisfaction in life hinges on where we look for it.  Lasting joy and satisfaction can be found in the eternal things of God, not the temporal things of this world.  Yes, life will still have storms that come along, but focusing on our eternal hope and joy in Jesus can see us through those circumstances.  As Isaiah said, the Lord will satisfy your needs in that sun-scorched land, and God will strengthen you.

Make it Personal:  I recently heard someone say, “As you do whatever you’ll do today, make sure to invest in your connection with your Creator, with an eye toward that other, eternal world for which you have been made.  That’s how you’ll find real satisfaction, no matter the circumstances.”

Have a blessed week Everyone, Pastor Glen Rhodes