Take a minute and think about a time when you were satisfied. What made you satisfied? Was it a meal that you ate or maybe it was quality time spent with your kids? What about it made you satisfied? Satisfaction is the fulfillment of a desire or a need.
I ended my last blog with the statement “God is most glorified in me when I am most satisfied in Him.” What does that mean? It means that I bring the most glory to God when He is the satisfaction of my heart. The problem is that we seek everything else in the world except God in order to satisfy.
Are we satisfied by God? It is easier said than done. What about when something does not go our way or maybe we lose something or someone. Does God still satisfy us then? Philippians 4:4 tells us “Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say rejoice.” We are called to rejoice even when we don’t want to, even when it isn’t easy.
“Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth. My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever.” –Psalm 73:25
Read that verse again and just think about it. Asaph’s testimony is very powerful. How many of us could reverberate it to reflect our own hearts? Our hearts need to desire God more than anything and He should be our strength no matter what. We try to make it all about us when it needs to be all about Him. Our desires don’t matter; it is God’s desires that do. It is when we figure that out and trade out our desires for his desires that he satisfies them. It’s not about us, it never has been and it never will be. It is about our Lord and Savior. Same goes for Christmas, lets don’t make it about us.
“As the deer pants for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for God, the living God.” –Psalm 42:1-2
Thirst for God.
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Thursday, December 20, 2007
by Andrew McDaniel