Fully Satisfied

DEVOTION
PROVERBS
FULLY SATISFIED
Prov 13:4
4 The sluggard craves and gets nothing,
but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.
NIV
It would seem this might be seen as regarding material goods, but that could be the farthest thing from the truth. Within the context of the Hebrew it is the soul of both persons which gets nothing or is fully satisfied. Therefore, I can only see this sluggard as a person who does not exert any energy in pursuing a relationship with God but lives to please his own self in the ways of the world. He will receive not an ounce of eternal blessings from God. I cannot live like that. I have to live to please God, at least to the best of my ability. I certainly fall short of the mark, but it is my desire and I believe I am fairly diligent in my relationship with God. I am absolutely convinced my soul is fully satisfied. How could my soul be any less because God has blessed me far beyond I ever deserve. He has satisfied me both in the material and in the spiritual, especially in the spiritual. My soul is extremely satisfied in this life as well as in the one to come. I have total peace of mind and peace within my being about my life as God has always provided all I have needed in the this world and in the one to come. I lack nothing for I have eternal life. It really does not matter about this life as to how much or how little I have, although I have plenty. What matters the most is what I will have in the future life in the everlasting presence of my God. I would think if someone is lazy in his relationship with God, in the sense of not wanting one, may crave eternal life, thinking as if everyone gets to go to heaven by just being a good person. They may crave but they shall get nothing, without that personal relationship with God. He sure offers it to all who desire a relationship. He sure loves them and desires them to turn from their ways and come to him, but it is up to them and here I see the results in both cases. I am so thankful God got through to me, and I can say I am fully satisfied.