satisfaction

I'm doing a short little study and today I got this good word as a part of it.

You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

The Lord is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.

The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth.

He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He will also hear their cry and will save them.

The Lord keeps all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.

My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord, and all flesh will bless His holy name forever and ever.

Psalms 145: 16-21

This was just part of todays lesson but when I got to this particular scripture it just really made me think. So many times I have come to a point of realizing that I am focusing WAY too much on material and worldly things to find satisfaction. The new furniture set. A new outfit or purse or pair of shoes. Being out of debt. Getting to that next life stage. The list could go on and on. Today I really realized that although I know in my mind that I will only feel truly satisfied through Christ my heart is still a bit tardy on the subject. The same is true for many aspects of my life but I think this is something that all people wrestle with. Everybody wants to be satisfied in life. Isn't that one of the main human goals?

There is no satisfaction apart from the Lord. When I read this great passage in Psalms it started to burn into my heart a little bit more what the Lord does to give me satisfaction. Sometimes he does satisfy through the provision of material things...there is nothing wrong with a new anything or whatever. But what I must do is call upon Him, fear Him, love Him, and praise Him. Each of those things could be a blog all on their own but I will be meditating on each of these, how they lead to satisfaction through the Lord and praying for my heart to catch up with my mind.