Satisfaction

"As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness:

I shall be satisfied, when I awake,

with thy likeness."

Psalm 17:15

 

What gives you satisfaction? Maybe getting lots of schoolwork done or accomplishing a goal. But, what is satisfaction? I looked it up in the dictionary and according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, satisfaction is: a happy or pleased feeling because of something that you did or something that happened to you.

David says here that he would be satisfied when he awoke in God's likeness. Are you satisfied in God? The only REAL place to find satisfaction is in having a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.

Here are just four of the many things that people in our society today find satisfaction in:

1) Self

2) Things

3) People

4) Events

None of these things can truly bring us satisfaction. Because of our poor sinful state, self-satisfaction will do nothing for us, we will never be able to fully satisfy ourselves in our own strength. Also, the events that happen in our lifetime, and the things that we own are only going to count for dung when we get to Heaven. When we stand before Jesus Christ, the only thing that is going to count is what we did for the Lord. Lastly, we can't be truly satisfied in people because of our sin nature that started with Adam and Eve. People have and will continue to let us down.

So I'm asking, where do you find your satisfaction? Is it in a personal relationship with Christ? Or, are you living in this world constantly looking for that one thing that will make you satisfied for the rest of your life?