Why Can’t We Get Enough?
“More, more, more!” is the cry of the day. Materialism, sensuality, social media reaccs…we want everything and plenty of it. But will it ever be enough? Of course not. Because satisfaction is not found in the amount experienced but in the eye of the experiencer. Consider the Proverbs:
The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite,
but the belly of the wicked suffers want.
(Prov 13:25)
But wait a second. If you have read the Bible (or lived for that matter) you know that the wicked often have more than the righteous…more wealth, more power, more pleasure. So how can it be that they suffer want while the righteous are satisfied?
To be sure, in the age to come (come quickly Lord Jesus) God’s people will enter into the plenteous joy of their Master and taste the cosmic fruits of Christ’s victory over sin and death, while those who refuse to bow before his loving rule will suffer want forever and ever.
But that’s not all folks. Even now God’s children enjoy satisfaction in the simplest pleasures and modestest (it’s a word) portions while the wicked, for all their extravagance, are never content. “It is not how much we have,” said Spurgeon, “but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.”