Satisfaction

Psalm 103:5 “…who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”

Did you know that suffering, sickness, and anything we deem “bad” is always for a good purpose?  We need to be reminded of that.

God knows our desires to have the good things in life.  And this promise in this verse comes right on the heels of the verses that remind us that he heals us, redeems us, and forgives us.  All of those actions indicate that we were in a place of destitution and we needed help.

How can we be satisfied with good things, if we haven’t first experienced that which is not so good?

Even a baby, if given all good things from the time of infancy, on demand, will grow up to be the most self-centered, self-absorbed, obnoxious adult around.  Parents learn to give the baby that which satisfies, that which teaches and instructs, and that which disciplines, so that the baby then grows into a responsible, caring, loving human being – one that contributes to the society in which he/she lives.

God does satisfy us with good things, but not so that we can gloat and say, “Look at what I have.”  

It’s so that we can be renewed to fly and soar to the rescue of others still in distress, all the while praising His name.