Satisfying your Insatiable Appetite!

Job 20

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Thursday, February 2.

In Zophar’s second and final speech, he spent most of his time talking about the wicked and their ultimate punishment. He lost focus on his purpose of comforting Job and started chasing a squirrel instead. Has that ever happened to you?

In Job 20:20-21, Zophar described the wicked in a way that is a haunting description of our culture in America today, “Because he knew no quiet within him, he does not retain anything he desires. Nothing remains for him to devour, therefore his prosperity does not endure.” This depicts the insatiable appetite of a person who cannot be satisfied. When our lives are not being lived in submission to God, then we find ourselves enslaved to the insatiable desires of our flesh.

This is a human problem, as described in Proverbs 27:20b, “nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.” John D. Rockefeller summarized the situation for us when he was asked how much money is enough; he responded, “just a little bit more.” Obviously, this is not a new phenomenon, but we must recognize how loud this soundtrack plays within us if we are to ever have the hope of experiencing the quiet of a sated soul.

What is the solution for those of us who are caught in the net of this cultural malaise? It is to learn contentment! Paul testified to this in Philippians 4:11, “I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.” As you’ve heard me teach before, “If you are not content with God, then you will never [be satisfied]. Your passions are in control if God isn’t the one shepherding your heart.”[1]

Seize the moment and invite the Good Shepherd of your soul to satisfy your insatiable appetites  – “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want” (Psalm 23:1). Seek Him first, because until Christ is enough, nothing will satisfy!

God bless you!

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