ARE YOU SATISFIED?
Vocabulary.com defines satisfaction as “the act of fulfilling a need, desire, or appetite, or the feeling gained from such fulfilment”. It means you have enough in a good way. Synonyms of satisfaction include but not limited to contentment, comfort, gratification, happiness, joy, pleasure and peace of mind. Satisfaction is to put yourself in a state where you are not moved by circumstances.
Your mood is not dictated by what happens or does not happen around you. Your joy or sense of satisfaction is rooted in better and deeper things – it is based on the relationship with God, his promises and your walk with him.
As the scripture says, “godliness with contentment is great gain”. If you learn and obey the law of satisfaction: being contented whatever the situation, you shall have great gain. Being satisfied means you are contented, and you don’t need anything more. You are not overflowing, but you are not complaining either. You may not have reached your destination, your peak or desired goal, yet you are joyful. Things may go the other way; contrary winds may blow; deprivations may occur; yet you are contented.
It is not that you take joy in negative circumstances but you are joyful in spite of them. What you see or not see does not dictate your mood. No. Your mood is dictated and rooted in the Lord. As Nehemiah admonishes us, the joy of the Lord is our strength Nehemiah 8:10.
Yes, the joy of the Lord strengthens the believer. The joy of the Lord refers to that inner peace you derive from your relationship with the Almighty. You may or may not have everything, you have inner peace and joy in having him. This overrides any other form of satisfaction. When it is full, you are satisfied. When it is not full, you are still satisfied. Jesus said: Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled. Neither let it be afraid. John 14:27. These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. John 16:33
Maintain this peace. It is derived from inner satisfaction of dwelling in the Lord. It is not as the world describes peace. Apostle Paul calls it the peace that is beyond human understanding. Learning it is great gain. He said:
But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly. . . Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:10-13
Be satisfied. Be at peace. Your spiritual and physical health depends on your inner peace.
MEDITATION: I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
