"Not Satisfied?" - Yet

"Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity." (Ecclesiastes 11:10 KJV)

  "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. Has the LORD redeemed you? Then speak out! Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies. For he has gathered the exiles from many lands, from east and west, from north and south. Some wandered in the wilderness, lost and homeless. Hungry and thirsty, they nearly died. "LORD, help!" they cried in their trouble, and he rescued them from their distress. He led them straight to safety, to a city where they could live. Let them praise the LORD for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them. For he satisfies the thirsty and fill the hungry with good things." (PSALM 107:1-9 NLT)

 Maybe I might have diverted a little bit off the page; but from all that I see from this vantage point, God absolutely knows what He is doing, and more importantly, He knows what we need! Something else we must understand and really try to put into practice: If you have been redeemed, then speak out! Tell of all the wonderful things, that really count: all the mighty things that God has done! 

 As I have said, several times already, Solomon is focused on reaching out to those that are worldly; those that do not count on God for their satisfaction, but upon their own way, walking down their own paths, and not looking for God's direction. And, as spoken of recently, some of those who might wreck their own lives with foolishness and earthly passions, and even so, God will use them to show others that there is redemption for the lost and wayward, especially His children! 

 Nevertheless, there are still those who put Solomon in the category of the unforgiven; just as they do with the Rich Young Ruler. More than anything else, God's love is the most important thing that should make us feel satisfied. Knowing how much God loves us, especially by the grace He has given us, without cost and without us earning any of it; He loves us because He loves us!

 As crazy as it might sound, but there was a cost for the grace He applied, but it wasn't our payment that supplied what was needed to pay for our sins, it was His...

""For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent not his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. "There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God's one and only Son."" (John 3:16-18 NLT)