“Look at what’s happening to you! You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but are not satisfied. You drink but are still thirsty. You put on clothes but can’t stay warm.” -Haggai 1:5-6
I read this verse the other night and I thought of how much this verse still relates to the culture of today. The people being talked about in this passage couldn’t get satisfaction in anything that they did, they always wanted more. Things aren’t much different now than they were back in the B.C. times when this was written. We all have so much stuff but we “can’t get no satisfaction.”
If you are reading this post online you are in the top 10% of the world population. We are so privileged to have what we have yet we want more. We need to be able to find satisfaction in what we have. The culture around us tells us that we need to get ahead of everyone else and we need to have the newest and coolest things. What needs to happen is we need to stop, take a breath and enjoy the simpler things and be satisfied with it.
Think about all the things that we have that other people all over the world don’t have. That list is very long and we should be satisfied with it. I believe that the best way to improve your way of life is to be okay with be satisfied where you are. Be happy with what you have and finally you’ll be able to say, “I CAN get some satisfaction.”
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