{Satisfied} Day III of III.

[This is Day III of my three-part word study blog posts. Call me crazy, but I really miss being in Bible class and doing in-depth studies like this. And as I'm about to leave for college, the Lord is trying to teach me a lot right now. So here's me sharing with you what I've been studying in the Word.]

Something I’ve struggled a lot with in this past season of life has been contentment. It has brought me to realize how much I place my security in my circumstances and let my emotions be determined by them. And as I move into a completely different season in my life, the Lord has been opening my eyes to how much I need place the entirety of my identity and security in him so that I am not swayed by the things that are happening around me. Especially with going to college, I need to be fully at peace and satisfied.

Satisfied.

Hebrew: שָׂבַע

To be surfeited {to be supplied with something to excess}; sated {be filled to excess}; satisfied.

To be full of; satisfied with.

Greek: χορτάζω

To be fed; satisfied; fattened.

Here are the verses that this word is used in, with each one identified in italics what the source of the satisfaction is.

“The fear of the Lord leads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied.” –Proverbs 19:23

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

“Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good and delight yourself in rich food.” –Isaiah 55:2

“Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see {light} and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.” –Isaiah 53:11

“For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.” –Psalm 107:9

“Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. . . who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.” –Psalm 103: 2, 5

“For I {the Lord} will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.” –Jeremiah 31:2

The sources of satisfaction = The fear of the Lord. Hungering and thirsting for righteousness. Eating what is good and delighting in rich food. Seeing the light. And of course, ultimately, the Lord himself.

Satisfied literally means “to be full of.” Satisfaction can only come when we are full of the Lord. A good indication that we are not abiding in the Lord and not full of his Word and truth is that we will not be content. We will not be satisfied.

God promises that he can satisfy. We just have to let go of control enough to let him. We have to stop filling up our cups with something else and let his living water flow into our life.

My heart hasn’t really clung onto this truth, but God is being patient and gracious and teaching me along the way. So my prayer is the same as Moses’s in Psalm 90:14, “Satisfy [me] in the morning with your steadfast love, that [I] may rejoice and be glad all [my] days.”