The Psalmist tells us to “Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” When we’re delighting in God our desires change and start lining up with His desires, which He always fulfills.
Jess tells us that the problem is not that we hunger and thirst but what we hunger and thirst for. If we hunger and thirst for possessions, fame, position and the things of the world we will always want for more. God promises us that if we hunger and thirst for a relationship with Him then we will be satisfied. Satisfaction is a guarantee. I experience that satisfaction on a regular basis and there’s nothing else like it. No other thrill, accomplishment or possession can touch the depth of fulfillment Jesus causes us to experience in Him.
Of course, a relationship with Christ will cause us to want to share our life in Christ with others, thereby impacting our culture. Fulfilling the mission of God by being a disciple and making disciples brings great satisfaction to our spirit and soul.
The Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi gives us a hint to being satisfied.
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy;
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
It is not in hoarding more and more that we are truly satisfied. It’s not in achieving more and more. It’s in being who God has divinely designed us to be as His children living out the mission. It’s in giving that we truly receive; in dying that we have life.
If you find yourself dissatisfied in life, start giving yourself away.
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