Fully Satisfied

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FULLY SATISFIED

Prov 27:20

20 Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.

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In the Hebrew it is Sheol and Abaddon or Hades and perishing are never all full. The idea is there are always going to be people who are filing into Hades or the place of perishing, the place of abandonment, a place of lost souls. A song writer penned the words, “There is room at the cross for you”, and it would seem there is more room in Hades than at the cross. Death and destruction are never satisfied, they want more and more souls for their pleasure. This is the picture of this proverb about the eyes of man. Our eyes are never satisfied, we are always looking for more to see, to lust after, to desire to have. This is totally contrary to the idea of being content in the sense that God shows us through the words Paul was inspired to pen.

Phil 4:11-13

11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

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This contentment is a secret, a secret which is really no secret, it is being in Christ. This is what he says, when he makes it clear he can do everything through him, Christ, who gives him strength. This is how we too can have that contentment, instead of our eyes never being satisfied. God gives us even greater insight in another letter he inspired Paul to write to Timothy.

1 Tim 6:6-10

6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9 People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

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We cannot help but notice those two words, ruin and destruction. These are very similar to the words of this proverb, death and destruction. They carry the same meaning. Those whose eyes are never satisfied, and in this letter to Timothy it carries the direct meaning of greed, wanting more and more money, never having enough, never being satisfied with what we have. This comes right back to not being about to serve two masters, God and money. This discontentment with the amount of material wealth we have will be our ruin, our destruction. There are other things our eyes seem to never have enough of as well, but this is pointed directly toward materialism, the constant need for more. We have to learn the secret of being content in Christ. Our physical situations will constantly change, but our position in Christ will always remain constant. It comes down to those words another song writer penned. “Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in his wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace”. Then we do not have to worry about the direction of our eyes, for they will be on Jesus and they will be fully satisfied.