ARE YOU SATISFIED
IN THE LORD
Preached Sunday AM 8/28/05
DEUT. 8.3,4
INTRO – If you have a problem with complaining, you are not satisfied
in the Lord.
If you have a problem with being unthankful, you are not satisfied in the
Lord.
If you have a problem being unforgiving, you are not satisfied in the Lord.
If you find yourself not content, you are not satisfied in the Lord.
If you are not happy, you are not satisfied in the Lord.
If you are depressed, you are not satisfied in the Lord.
If you find yourself discouraged a lot, you are not satisfied in the Lord.
If you are not tithing, you are not satisfied in the Lord.
If you are not trusting God for EVERYTHING, you are not satisfied.
If you are not faithful, you are not satisfied in the Lord.
Other signs of being dissatisfied:
Kids leave
their parents or rebel against them.
Husbands
and wives separate.
People quit
their jobs.
We look forward
to a vacation then,…
We go out
to eat, and get hungry again.
We get something
new, before long it loses its brightness, and the excitement dwindles.
THE LIST IS ENDLESS.
Proverbs 27:20 Hell and destruction
are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Proverbs 23:5 Wilt thou set
thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Ecclesiastes 1:8 All things
are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 He that loveth
silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 6:7 All the labour
of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Ezekiel 7:19 They shall cast
their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them
in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock
of their iniquity.
EXAMPLES OF BIBLE PEOPLE THAT WEREN’T SATISFIED IN THE LORD:
I.
EVE.
A. She had everything
she could ever want or need.
B. She was tempted
with knowledge, information, and worldly wisdom.
C. She wasn’t
satisfied with what God gave her, she wanted what the devil offered her.
II. LOT. GENESIS
13
A. Lot had it
made with Uncle Abraham.
B. He made a choice
that was bad.
C. He ended up
losing his testimony, his family, and his integrity.
III. THE ISRAELITES.
EXODUS 15.20
A. The Israelites
just left Egypt.
B. They saw the
greatness of God. Ex. 14.31
C. Moses writes
a song and all of the Israelites sing this song with him. Ex 15
D. Then the murmuring
starts. No water - Ex. 15.23-
E. No food
– 16.1-
IV. SAMSON. JUDGES 13
V. KING SAUL. 1 SAMUEL 13
BEING SATISFIED WITH THE LORD.
1.
SATISFACTION COMES FROM SALVATION - Psalms 91:16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
2.
SATISFACTION COMES FROM FEARING THE LORD - Proverbs 19:23 The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he
that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
3.
SATISFACTION COMES FROM THE MERCY OF GOD - Psalms 90:14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may
rejoice and be glad all our days
4.
SATISFACTION COMES FROM THE GUIDANCE OF GOD - Isaiah 58:11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and
satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water,
whose waters fail not.
5.
SATISFACTION COMES FROM CLOSE FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD -
Psalms 17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in
righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
6.
SATISFACTION COMES FROM LONGING FOR IT - Psalms 107:9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth
the hungry soul with goodness.
7.
DETERMINE TO BE SATISFIED
Psalms 63:5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
