When I Feel Unsatisfied
If I had a spouse like they do…
If my children were as well behaved as theirs…
If I could just get a new outfit…
If my hair would grow faster…
If my house was nicer…
If I was more talented…
If I could just get a new…
If I just had more…
If…If…If..
It is easy to become discontented by looking at what others have. Our eyes wander to someone else’s place of joy, happiness, and possessions, and we are quickly fooled into thinking we need what they have.
Although we know that everything we own belongs to God and that God owns everything, we are deceived and distracted by something bigger, better and sparklier than what we own.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. I John 2:16(KJV)
What do you do when you feel unsatisfied with life?
Fix your eyes on Jesus.
Look around and you’ll see people constantly looking at their phones comparing their lives with the highlight reel of others. When we dismiss this distraction as the new normal, we are opening ourselves up to a huge battlefield of the heart and mind. I use my phone a lot. I’m guilty of over consumption, but I want to change. I want to put the phone away and go to the park with my family. I want to play with my kids and not worry about the text that might come through. I want to look a friend in the eyes and see what she is really going through. I want to read my Bible and not be distracted by the ding of an email or the notification of a new follower.
Oh that we would fill our minds with God’s Word as much as we fill it with the apps on our phones.
When I fix my eyes on Jesus and realize He is all I need, I am able to put the distractions aside.
I begin to see everything I own as a blessing from God on loan to me. My talents, my family, my home, my stuff, my phone…everything.
As I seek to know God more intimately He is pressing hard into my heart telling me to beware of the enemy’s vice of distraction. I realize that I need to be a good steward of my time, my energy and my eyes.
Whether it’s pretty things, other people’s seemingly perfect lives, or a new gadget, I don’t want to be distracted. I want to be so devoted to my Savior that I am not deceived by all the stuff and the desire for more of this or less of that.
When we realize everything belongs to God and we keep our eyes adjusted to that perspective, satisfaction becomes much clearer. Simply being with God becomes enough to satisfy.
The earth is the LORD’S, and all it contains, the world, and those who dwell in it. Psalm 24:1(NASB)
When you really think about it, we have everything we need if we have Jesus.
How do you think perspective relates to contentment? Do you struggle in the area of distraction? I would love to hear your thoughts!
Love & Blessings,
Micah