Satisfied

 . . . My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, saith the LORD.  Jeremiah 31:14 ESV

Cross references: Psalm 119:68; 107:9 

     Last night I was reading a few verses from Jeremiah 31, and the verse above especially stood out to me.  I love to meditate on the goodness of the Lord!  There's something about the Lord's goodness that is just so pure, so wonderful, and so satisfying.

     These past few weeks God has been really challenging me in the area of trust.  Proverbs 3:5 says to trust in the Lord with all my heart.  Keyword: All.  It is so easy to just trust in the Lord partially, still holding worry and doubts.  Yet God has challenged me, "I promise that I am working all things for good in your life (Rom. 8:28), and whether you trust Me or not, I will accomplish My purpose (Isaiah 14:24; 2 Tim. 2:13).  But will you do as I have commanded, and trust in Me with all of your heart (Prov. 3:5), or will you continue to live a life of worry and doubt (James 1:6, 8)?"

     I've chosen trust.  Yet even so, being the sinful creature that I am I do not have the ability to trust in God fully.  ". . .For without Me ye can do nothing" (John 15:5).  Nothing.  Apart from Jesus I can do nothing.  That's a pretty strong statement and yet it's true.  Only Christ can enable me to trust in God with ALL of my heart.

     It's been really interesting these past few weeks.  I mean it's been a good kind of interesting.  Not good because of circumstances, but good because God is good.  ♥
     God is good.
     Oh, I love that truth!
     No matter what my circumstances are, He is good .
     He is my Solid Rock, with no variation, or shadow due to change.

     These past few weeks have been challenging in ways I'm not used to (serious, last-minute things coming up).  In other ways life has been "normal" but I've found myself wanting to doubt His faithfulness in the tiniest areas of my life.  Even when I am faithless He remains faithful (2 Tim. 2:13).  Praise Him for that!

     As I have been abiding in Christ, I have seen amazing fruit.  I have been able to take my eyes off my forever-changing circumstances and instead fix them on my never-changing God (Js. 1:17; Heb. 13:8).  At times when it would have been so easy for me to worry or be nervous due to unforeseen circumstances, I was at peace.  I could just rejoice because I am content, or in another word, satisfied with God's goodness.

For He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. Psalm 107:9  ESV