Faster cars. More money. Bigger houses. More power. More influence. More professional skills in sports.More good looking. More branded. In the position of good, better and best, people usually always take themselves to be at just good and always opt for better in the struggle to try and be the best, even if they are at the best at their competition, they will usually just place themselves at good because they will still be searching for better. The search for better in this world sometimes clouds our judgement of many things, disrupt the priorities of our life, reshape our characteristic and all these comes down to creating a hole in our heart, where we can never find satisfaction because there will always be someone who have something better or someone who have better possessions that scratches our heart's jealousy and pulls the covetous out of us. The psalmist mentions in Psalm 73 of this struggle of the heart, but goes to mention that ultimately at the end of the psalm, the psalmist saw that he desires of nothing on earth except the Lord, and this happens when in the middle of the psalm, he entered into the Lord's sanctuary and has his eyes opened. And this should be how it is. The hole in our heart has only one sink stopper and that is the fellowship of the Lord. We all have a hole in our heart, we cant be satisfied with so many things and only when we surrender and enter into His sanctuary can we fully know and understand that He alone satisfies us. He is good, better and the best all three in one and even goes beyond just good, better and best.
Psalm 73
A psalm of Asaph.
1 Surely God is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.
2 But as for me, my feet had almost slipped;
I had nearly lost my foothold.
3 For I envied the arrogant
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 They have no struggles;
their bodies are healthy and strong.[a]
5 They are free from common human burdens;
they are not plagued by human ills.
6 Therefore pride is their necklace;
they clothe themselves with violence.
7 From their callous hearts comes iniquity[b];
their evil imaginations have no limits.
8 They scoff, and speak with malice;
with arrogance they threaten oppression.
9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
and their tongues take possession of the earth.
10 Therefore their people turn to them
and drink up waters in abundance.[c]
11 They say, “How would God know?
Does the Most High know anything?”
12 This is what the wicked are like—
always free of care, they go on amassing wealth.
13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure
and have washed my hands in innocence.
14 All day long I have been afflicted,
and every morning brings new punishments.
15 If I had spoken out like that,
I would have betrayed your children.
16 When I tried to understand all this,
it troubled me deeply
17 till I entered the sanctuary of God;
then I understood their final destiny.
18 Surely you place them on slippery ground;
you cast them down to ruin.
19 How suddenly are they destroyed,
completely swept away by terrors!
20 They are like a dream when one awakes;
when you arise, Lord,
you will despise them as fantasies.
21 When my heart was grieved
and my spirit embittered,
22 I was senseless and ignorant;
I was a brute beast before you.
23 Yet I am always with you;
you hold me by my right hand.
24 You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will take me into glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but you?
And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
27 Those who are far from you will perish;
you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.
28 But as for me, it is good to be near God.
I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge;
I will tell of all your deeds.
You Satisfy My Soul by Laura Hackett
You satisfy my soul, You satisfy my soul
You satisfy my soul, With Your love
You make my heart sing
You lift me on eagles wings
Just when I thought that my heart it would faint
You take the darknest night and turn it to shining light
Just when I thought that the night had won
Hallelujah, You make all things beautiful
Hallelujah, trials and testing prove there’s gold
Hallelujah, You turn mourning into joy
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