“God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him” - John Piper

I heard this quote for the first time a few weekends ago (in a great message if you wanna explore for yourself) and it has really help reinforce some thoughts. Our community group has been reading Crazy Love by Francis Chan. It is a great read and I also have the audio version which is great for my running/quite times. One thing that God has been teaching both Traci and I through this book and other real examples and life circumstances has been to live below the status quo and focus on the things that we have been blessed with instead of the things that we may want or desire.

Really it’s a radical thought. It’s revolutionary way of life not supported by the American dream. Not aspiring for the next house, next car, next career step is a cultural faux pas. Not that looking and pressing for those things is necessarily bad, they can just distract and eat up valuable focus and energy. Obviously we have learned by the example of so many others that all the normal luxuries of life do not produce satisfaction. Celebrity figures with all the money, fame, power and prestige that we too often aspire for have proven these temporal things empty again and again.

As God is molding me, (from here till eternity) I am learning humility and satisfaction in Him. A relationship with an invisible God takes a lot of intentional discipline and faith and for me, constant reminders like writing thoughts on my hand to meditate on throughout my day. The phrase of the day for me is “Satisfied?”. When God supplies all of my NEEDS, how can I not be satisfied?

When Jesus commissioned his followers to go share His message of love with others He told them not to take anything with them. No extra anything! Why? Because He is most glorified, or get’s the biggest, proud-father grin, when we are most satisfied in Him and His provisions. On the other hand, He is most sad and broken hearted (like right before the flood!) when we look for that satisfaction (that is only found in Him) in the worldly temporal illusions of satisfaction. What is the focus of your satisfaction? Are you truly satisfied in Him?

“Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth.” - Paul. 1st Timothy 6:6