Chasing Satisfaction
Satisfaction is a mystery.
We think he is constant but yet he shifts.
Once you let his fingers surround you the euphoria is fantastic.
You close your eyes, feel the warmth, and hang on tight to the feeling he gave you.
Satisfaction.
But then after a little while you realize you feel a cold breeze, open your eyes, and Satisfaction has shifted.
He’s no longer holding you.
So you chase him.
When you find him you look around and grab onto something nearby.
Anything.
A car.
A pair of jeans.
A retweet.
Because honestly anything will satisfy as long as you are in Satisfactions reach.
You hang on again, close your eyes, feel the warmth, only to open your eyes again and let go of that desire to chase down satisfaction again.
I’ve been offline for a week.
Giving satisfaction in anything other than Christ alone a big fat read between the lines.
Finding satisfaction in twitter, blogs, labels, friendships, ideals, religion, and yourself is what keeps satisfaction elusive.
It’s only after you have been abandoned by Satisfaction 242332 times that you realize Satisfaction was never even there.
Charles Spurgeon puts is brilliantly…
“The bed of earthly enjoyment is shorter than that a man
can stretch himself on it, and the covering narrower than that he
can wrap himself in it.”
That would be like me trying to find rest in Losiah’s toddler bed with toddler sheets.
Satisfaction is waiting for you only in one place.
“In Jesus there is room for imagination’s utmost stretch
and widest range. When Jesus is enjoyed, He puts a fullness
into all other mercies.”
So today ragamuffins…
Stop chasing Satisfaction.
It’s not even Satisfaction you are chasing.
You are chasing Satisfaction’s manipulative codependent little brother.
Satisfaction is in Christ alone.
You can stop running now.
Los
RAIN IT DOWN
Last week for the 1st time in my life I fully put 2 big decisions in Gods Hands.. One of the decesions came out as I would have had it to be, the other, the opposite.. and I am content, and I feel safe, and I am afraid no more of making a wrong decison, regardless, God is with me and for me (sometimes it only takes 50 some years for things to sink in)..
Amen
Sometimes I wonder if He’s ever really been there in my life.
Keep wondering Jason.
Straight truth ‘Los….
He wants us to be satisfied in Him, but I think when our relationship is where it should be, then God gives us the opportunity to find satisfaction in the gifts and talents he’s blessed us with. But there’s a tension there I struggle with, because those gifts and talents can become consuming.
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Impeccable timing. What a rough season I’m in the midst of.
Praying for you. Sincerely
Thank you Carlos! You put it into words beautifully.
I guess satisfaction is the abundance that we’ve been promised, which is experienced by taking a break and being thankful for the blessings we have received.
Such perfect timing…. I needed to hear this today… having a real hard time right now.. I have no idea what His purpose for me is… its hard to be satisfied when you feel so lost… but you are right.. satisfaction only comes from Him… I need to work on this… Thank you…
I’d wondered where you’d been… This post reminds me of two things: The book Imaginary Jesus and Piper’s most recent sermon on money. Imaginary Jesus has us chasing fake Jesuses. The one that matches up most with what we WANT Jesus to be rather than who he really is. And Piper broke my heart yesterday talking about finding the most value (or in this case, satisfaction) in Christ. Thanks for spelling it out los, sometimes it’s great just to get it straight up.
amen brother Los – amen.
I love the honesty that you blog with. Kind of reminds me of my favorite writer, Donald Miller. Easy to read, and just very, “real.” Check out the trailer for the movie coming out based on his book Blue Like Jazz Here: a href=”http://youtu.be/GOglQgyxYkI” target=”_blank”>http://youtu.be/GOglQgyxYkI
The Stones were only half right. I can’t get no…unless I’m looking to the One source of it all. Well said as always Los! I needed to hear it
God is all that we are not.
brilliant…..
Glad you took a break:) My 5 year old sometimes gets restless and thinks she needs this or that to help her feel better but I remind her,”honey,you are probably just tired and need to rest.” Then she takes a nap and feels better afterwards. Sometimes we need naps from what we think brings us satisfaction. Then,when we rest in His word, we shall be refreshed.
Bro, as much as I love fb, twitter, etc. because of the glorious things people post on about Christ, it’s so easy to get wrapped up in finding approval/satisfaction in it. Our hearts will be restless until we find rest in Him! Love it when I dwell on that once a week or so…thankful for His grace!
This post has struck a chord because as usual I read it in my Google Reader while killing time from things that I am supposed to be doing (at work!) Even in a busy career, with a wonderful family I find myself very unsatisfied most of my days… It’s a never-ending quest for pleasures that like you mentioned last very little… The problem is I am so far away from God I don’t even know how to get back to the roots, it got foggy in the midst of the rat race… But thanks for trying to re-ignite that flame…love your blog keep it up
Boom.
Got me. I needed this.