Satisfied

satisfied: adjective 1. content

satisfy: verb 1. to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to

We are about three weeks removed from Christmas. Many of the new "toys" we acquired over the holidays are already gathering dust somewhere. My son has been saving for a kindle fire since just before school started. He's done a few odd jobs for family, saved every dollar that came his way from Grandma, and asked everyone for cash (for Christmas and his birthday) toward his goal. It was really fun to see him set his goal and then reach it! So when Amazon ran a deal last week on the kindle fire, my son bought one. Since it arrived, he has talked of little else. I swear he would sleep with it if we would let him! The problem with his "toy" (and my "toys" for that matter) is that they are unable to satisfy. They give a little, but leave us feeling hungrier than we were before we started! We were made for so much more than "toys"! We were created to be in relationship with the Creator of the universe!

As I was reviewing my memory verses today, this one really stood out to me.

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
Matthew 5:6

Generally, when we use the word hunger, we are talking about food. But in a broader sense, anything that we want desperately can be called a "hunger". The same applies to thirst. Hunger and thirst are both feelings of need driven by the lack of something necessary to life. So in this verse, we get to picture a person who is starving for righteousness.

Righteousness is one of the attributes that makes God, God. That hungering for righteousness comes from the Spirit, giving us a desire for fellowship with God. This verse promises that when we have this hungering, WE WILL BE SATISFIED! God is infinite, and therefore infinitely able to make us content. To make us feel that we don't need anything else! And that's great news! =)

Blessed is the one you choose and bring near, to dwell in your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holiness of your temple! By awesome deeds you answer us with righteousness, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas; the one who by his strength established the mountains, being girded with might; who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples, so that those who dwell at the ends of the earth are in awe at your signs. You make the going out of the morning and the evening to shout for joy.
Psalms 65:4-8