Satisfaction Is In God 

   “I can’t get no satisfaction; I can’t get no satisfaction.” (“Satisfaction”, The Rolling Stones) 

   The Stones had a mega-hit with this song, one of the most popular songs of my generation.  If you listen to the lyrics, it’s easy to see why they found no satisfaction; they were looking in all the wrong places.  Even so, there is an important lesson to be learned from the song.  To find satisfaction we must turn to God.

   God created us to be happy, to find satisfaction.  The problem is we routinely look for it where it can’t be found.  There is nothing in this world that can bring true, lasting satisfaction.  We may find short-lived gratification in the things of this world, but they will not last.  In the end we will not find satisfaction, only temporary pleasure that we misinterpret as satisfaction.

   When we turn to God and accept the role He has for us, offering all we do to Him, we will find a happiness and satisfaction that can be found no where else.  This doesn’t mean that we should not seek improvement in our life; that leads to complacency, in our life and in our spirit.  But it does mean that we should seek it with God’s guidance.  Otherwise, we are like a mouse on a wheel, running in circles and getting nowhere.

   When we seek satisfaction in the Lord, we will find it.  Until then we are chasing rainbows with no pot of gold at the end. 

Father, we all seek satisfaction.

We too often look for it in the wrong places.

Only in You can we find fulfillment.

Only in You is there satisfaction. 

Amen