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Topic: Satisfied (10/11/04)
TITLE: Secret to Being Satisfied
By Jess Godwin
10/12/04
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Just like love is a choice, so is satisfaction. I can choose to wring my hands and be totally disgusted with my life. Or, I can choose to accept God’s plan, even when it doesn’t match up with my own, and serve Him to the best of my ability. As I learn to “give thanks in all things” (1 Thessalonians 5:17), and to “delight myself in the Lord” (Psalm 37:4), I am also learning the beauty and importance of being fully satisfied with God. He is proving that He is trustworthy. More than that, He is proving that He can meet me at the point of my need. He knows my problems and my needs before I do, and even what sends me running for cover does not surprise Him. He doesn’t wring His hands and wonder what to do. He waits for me to let go and let Him do His God Thing. I always have more trouble letting go when I’m struggling with contentment. Even now, I feel like some days I have to start over at square one. The question that I have to ask myself is “who am I to tell God that He isn’t enough for me?” God really began convicting me about being satisfied with Him when I was in one of my funks of “I don’t have a husband or even the prospect of one and I hate being single.” He got through to me that I was putting the desire for a Godly husband over the desire to know God as my husband (Isaiah 54:5) Even the desire for something good had become my idol. I had to confess that as sin and move forward in my new and intimate relationship with God.

The beauty that I’ve found in being satisfied with God is the joy that seems to come with it. I am able to say with the apostle Paul that I have learned the secret of being content (Philippians 4:12). Satisfaction in God seems to be a great mystery, even for many Christians. But really, the secret is focusing on God, letting Him be everything you need, and giving thanks for each opportunity to grow—even those opportunities where God seems to be pruning the dead branches out of your life.