Day 43: Satisfied

This week the Lord has put this message in my mouth, and on my heart:

“Be satisfied.”

Everywhere I look, it seems rare to see someone completely satisfied with their lives.  Whether  it is something we’ve done in the past that we can’t seem to shake, or the fact that we are in our mid-twenties and are still single, it seems that we are never totally satisfied.

But, that’s where God has taken a hold of me, and called me to be satisfied.

In my own story, God has been extremely good to me…and faithful, ever so faithful.  My story is one of past brokenness, abandonment, and ultimately disgrace.  But, He has rescued me from that and has shown me what love is, and what it is capable of.  He is a God of restoration, and beauty from ashes.

Although I am not necessarily where I want to be in life, and I’m not in the predicament I would hope to be, I find that I am still strangely satisfied.  I say strangely not because I’m surprised, but because it is so out of the norm it seems.  I am satisfied with my God, with the creator of the universe.  And, by extension, I am satisfied with where He has me, even though it’s not where I thought I would be. 

And the radical thing is that as I am satisfied, so is He.

I keep trying to gain things in life to make myself better, and then I remember that He himself was the perfect sacrifice.  Why do I continue to try and sell my soul to this world I live in to satisfy my desires when I was bought at a costly price?

As a creation, as a daughter, and as a follower of Christ, I know that He is satisfied with me.  He is not angry, or tired, of me, but He is in love with me.

The creator of the earth, and universe, loves me.  WHAT?  Yes.  How can I not be satisfied with that?

His peace goes beyond anything in this world, and I am so grateful that I serve a God who is satisfied with me, and shows me how to be satisfied in my life.

In Christ,

Lilia