"No Satisfaction!"

"Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied." (Psalms 59:15) Obviously God's will is the answer, because everything that I want turns to dust, ashes, or vapor, and cannot be held onto. There is really only one way that we can satisfy the discomfort of our souls, and that is to surrender everything to God! Hold nothing back; everything must be go; because to die, you bring nothing with you into the next life! That might not sound like it makes any sense, since we physically have not died, but it is more about what we care for than what we have; because God can take it all away, if that is what it takes to get out attention. That whole point about "God is a consuming fire" (Deuteronomy 4:24), although it is something we attribute to anything else but ourselves, it is very much about each and every one of us; everyone that is one of His children most be consumed in the fire of God, so that everything that is not of Him can be burnt away. So, how do you want it to happen? Because God offers easy answers for those that seek His will; they might not look so inviting, and they might appear to be difficult and hard to face, but that's because we are looking at it through our understanding and not through God's. Personally, I can see a few things right now in my life that God still needs for me to surrender to Him; and I am sure that there are more, but I believe God takes us through stages; at least that is the preferred way! For those of us that are more stubborn, He has the way that consumes everything, leaving just the ashes; from which He will make all things new. So really, it is going to happen one way or another; how do you want Him to do it? Let me tell you what God is putting on my heart through this verse, because it has a lot to do with being a satisfied sheep, one that is not always trying to find greener pastures; but one that is satisfied with what God has for me, not trying to feed a desire that is outside of His will for my life. All those things that we keep holding onto, they are never going to satisfy us, but will actually do the opposite in us; not only will we be unsatisfied by those things, but we will be unsatisfied in our relationship with God. We see this example so plainly given in the lives of the children of Israel, as they were wondering around in the wilderness, always wanting, and never satisfied. Even their relationship with God was never satisfied, always accusing God of bringing them into the wilderness to kill them, and never really trusting God to be their God, THE LORD GOD...
"So let us stop going over the basic teachings about Christ again and again. Let us go on instead and become mature in our understanding. Surely we don't need to start again with the fundamental importance of repenting from evil deeds and placing our faith in God. You don't need further instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. And so, God willing, we will move forward to further understanding." (Hebrews 6:1-3) NLT