Psalm 144:4
Just a while ago I had the misfortune of viewing a car commercial on TV. What caught my eye was that it advertised with pride the statement "60 day satisfaction guaranteed". My immediate thought was that they must not have much confidence in their product if they are only willing to guarantee 60 days of satisfaction from it. If I was looking for a vehicle I would want to be satisfied with it for, I don't know... life. It only then dawned on me that they can't guarantee satisfaction for life because the things of this life are not satisfying. Everything is s a vapor and true satisfaction cannot be realized in this life at all. We are either warring with God or (as in the case of believers) warring with our flesh. However, as believers, we have the blessed hope in that which is not seen but which is to come, when our Lord will wipe away every tear. There is no satisfaction in this life as long as our sinful flesh binds us. It is to Christ in heaven that we should look and to the true satisfaction of worshipping Him in truth and perfection in the life after this.
M.L.
Just a while ago I had the misfortune of viewing a car commercial on TV. What caught my eye was that it advertised with pride the statement "60 day satisfaction guaranteed". My immediate thought was that they must not have much confidence in their product if they are only willing to guarantee 60 days of satisfaction from it. If I was looking for a vehicle I would want to be satisfied with it for, I don't know... life. It only then dawned on me that they can't guarantee satisfaction for life because the things of this life are not satisfying. Everything is s a vapor and true satisfaction cannot be realized in this life at all. We are either warring with God or (as in the case of believers) warring with our flesh. However, as believers, we have the blessed hope in that which is not seen but which is to come, when our Lord will wipe away every tear. There is no satisfaction in this life as long as our sinful flesh binds us. It is to Christ in heaven that we should look and to the true satisfaction of worshipping Him in truth and perfection in the life after this.
M.L.
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