Satisfaction
Gratification
Happiness
Joy
Fleeting
pleasure
What
is satisfaction?
What
is happiness?
What
is joy ?
Do
we live by short term happiness from day to day or are we filled with long term
infinite happiness with Jesus in our hearts?
Living
by the world we are never ever satisfied!
________
The
band The Rolling Stones have a song;
I
can't get no satisfaction, I can't get no satisfaction
'Cause
I try and I try and I try and I try
That's
what I say, I can't get no, I can't get no
I
can't get no satisfaction, no satisfaction
No
satisfaction, no satisfaction
I
can't get no.
_______
Satisfaction
is all about self indulgence, making oneself happy in life.
Is
it all about toys and hobbies?
Is
it all about false security with money and nice things?
Many
people believe they don’t need God, they don’t have time for God, they are
totally happy and satisfied with life and comfort.
Others
believe in God but they don’t want to change their life style and give things
up.
Many
believe they don’t want someone telling them what they can and can’t do! They
get to much of that at work and home! I don’t need anyone else controlling me.
Living
guided by the world and our flesh we are never satisfied.
We
can go through life with this great thirst craving for satisfaction and
happiness or we can have this great thirst studying the Scriptures and pleasing
the Lord,
which
is better?
Reality
of life is with Jesus, the Lord our God created us, He created life, He created
this world and universe.
We
are here on this earth to love and serve others.
There
is short term false satisfaction and joy in this world
and
there is infinite joy and satisfaction with Jesus.
Is
our life all about how many movies, TV shows, and books we’ve read?
Is
life about all the possessions we have and what we’ve accumulated?
Is
life all about pride and all we think we know?
Is
it all about how smart we thing we are?
Is
it all about our piled up education?
Is
it all about our personal understanding and wisdom or is about wisdom and
understanding from the Holy Spirit?
Do
we want our heart and soul to die when our body does or do we want our heart
and soul to live forever? We have a choice, God gave us that!
In
the end and our last breath are we ready and really satisfied?
_____
Ecclesiastes
6;7
All
a man’s labor is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not satisfied.
1
John 2;16
because
all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the
eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the
Father, but is from the world.
Psalm
22;26
The
afflicted will eat and be satisfied; Those who seek Him will
praise the Lord. Let your heart live forever!
Proverbs
27;20
Sheol
and Abaddon are never satisfied, Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.
Psalm
90;14
satisfy us in the morning with Your
lovingkindness, That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
Isaiah
58;11
“And
the Lord will continually guide you, And satisfy your desire in
scorched places, And give strength to your bones; And you will be like a
watered garden, And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.
Proverbs
13;25
The
righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite, But the stomach of
the wicked is in need.
Isaiah
55;2
“Why
do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And delight yourself in
abundance.
Deuteronomy
8;10
When
you have eaten and are satisfied, you shall bless the Lord your
God for the good land which He has given you.
Job
21;23
“One
dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and satisfied.”
Psalm
17;14-15
14
From men with Your hand, O Lord, From men of the world, whose portion is in this
life, And whose belly You fill with Your treasure; They are satisfied
with children, And leave their abundance to their babes
15
As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness; I will be satisfied
with Your likeness when I awake.
Psalm
22;26
The
afflicted will eat and be satisfied; Those who seek Him will
praise the Lord. Let your heart live forever!
Psalm
63;5
My
soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth offers
praises with joyful lips.
Psalm
90;14
O satisfy
us in the morning with Your lovingkindness, That we may sing for joy and be
glad all our days.
Psalm
91;15
“With
a long life I will satisfy him And let him see My salvation.”
Psalm
104;13
He
waters the mountains from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied
with the fruit of His works.
Psalm
107;9
For
He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And the hungry soul He has
filled with what is good.
Proverbs
12;14
A
man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his words, And
the deeds of a man’s hands will return to him.
Proverbs
19;23
The
fear of the Lord leads to life, So that one may sleep satisfied,
untouched by evil.
Ecclesiastes
1;8
All
things are wearisome; Man is not able to tell it. The eye is not satisfied
with seeing, Nor is the ear filled with hearing.
Ecclesiastes
4;8
There
was a certain man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet
there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied
with riches and he never asked, “And for whom am I laboring and
depriving myself of pleasure?” This too is vanity and it is a grievous task.
Ecclesiastes
5;10
[ The
Folly of Riches ] He who loves money will not be satisfied
with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is
vanity.
Ecclesiastes
6;3
If a
man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they
be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does
not even have a proper burial, then I say, “Better the
miscarriage than he.
Ecclesiastes
6;7
All
a man’s labor is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not satisfied.
Isaiah
28;8
It
will be as when a hungry man dreams— And behold, he is eating; But when he
awakens, his hunger is not satisfied, Or as when a thirsty man
dreams— And behold, he is drinking, But when he awakens, behold, he is faint
And his thirst is not quenched. Thus the multitude of all the nations will be
Who wage war against Mount Zion.
Isaiah
56;11
And
the dogs are greedy, they are not satisfied. And they are
shepherds who have no understanding; They have all turned to their own way,
Each one to his unjust gain, to the last one.
Luke
6;21
Blessed
are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed
are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.
Isaiah
58;10
And
if you give yourself to the hungry And satisfy the desire of the
afflicted, Then your light will rise in darkness And your gloom will become
like midday.
Isaiah
58;11
“And
the Lord will continually guide you, And satisfy your desire in
scorched places, And give strength to your bones; And you will be like a
watered garden, And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.
Ezekiel
7;29
They
will fling their silver into the streets and their gold will become an
abhorrent thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them
in the day of the wrath of the Lord. They cannot satisfy their
appetite nor can they fill their stomachs, for their iniquity has become an
occasion of stumbling.
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