15 Bible Verses About Being Satisfied in Life
We all face times when our lives lack the deep sense of satisfaction we desire. When these times come, we can stand on God’s Word, finding satisfaction in him. Today, we’ll explore 15 Bible verses about being satisfied in God. Then, I’ll invite you into a moment in which God showed me how these Scriptures apply to my life.
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Bible Verses About Being Satisfied
Here are 15 Bible verses about being satisfied in life.
15 Bible Verses About Being Satisfied
1. 2 Corinthians 4:18 ESV
As we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
2. Jeremiah 2:13
For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.
3. Psalm 23:1
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
4. 1 Corinthians 5:19
If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.
5. 2 Peter 1:3-4
His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
6. Psalm 16:11
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
7. Psalm 21:6
For you make him most blessed forever; you make him glad with the joy of your presence.
8. Nehemiah 8:10
Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
More Powerful Bible Verses About Being Satisfied
9. Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness.
10. Acts 2:28
You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’
11. John 15:11
These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
12. Matthew 28:19-20
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
13. Psalm 16:8
I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
14. Psalm 43:4
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.
15. Psalm 17:15
As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.
Applications of These Bible Verses About Being Satisfied
Do you see what these Bible verses about being satisfied have in common?
First, we find satisfaction by dwelling in God’s presence.
God is always present, so satisfaction is always found in him by becoming more aware of his presence.
How do we become more aware of God’s presence?
We aim to join him in the work he is doing. We find satisfaction in life when we are living in our callings. Jesus commanded us to go into the world and make disciples. Following this commission will always lead to a sense of purpose and satisfaction.
Second, Jeremiah wrote that we will never be satisfied by turning to empty cisterns. What are these cisterns?
Our empty cisterns are anything we turn to other than God for comfort, validation, and peace.
We might turn to work, food, sex, or anything of this world for satisfaction. When these things fail to satisfy, we remember that satisfaction comes from God.
Third, we remember that we will never be fully satisfied in this life because we were made for face-to-face communion with God.
Let’s spend the rest of this post talking about why it’s okay we are not satisfied with this life.
Why It’s Okay We’re Not Satisfied
It’s a spring-like winter day, and I offer the kids a trip to visit the calves at the neighboring farm. I’m not really thinking about satisfaction in life, but our time under open skies is about to reframe my perspective on winter and on life in general.
This time of year, the once-lush fields are dingy with winter. Corn stubble blankets hazel earth, and the verdant clover is drab and beige.
We walk beneath grey skies, and from some precisely placed break in the clouds, a fiery sun blazes coral as it slips toward the horizon. We’re walking westward, and it seems we’re chasing down the light.
“The sun sure looks funny tonight,” Bekah says, reading my thoughts as usual.
Before I have time to respond, she says, “Maybe Jesus is coming on the clouds, and this is how it looks as he gets closer.”
Why We Struggle to Find Satisfaction in This Life
She’s been thinking of this often lately.
When the towering cumulonimbus clouds form their cauliflower heads, she’s sure he’ll come on clouds that look just like them. When the high cirrus clouds form wispy feather fingers against blue so clear you could drink it, she decides these clouds would be most fitting.
“I still don’t get how everyone in the world is going to see him at the same time,” she says, stopping to look for slow-moving winter frogs at the mouth of a pond by the road.
“I don’t know either, babe,” I say, and before I can elaborate, we’re somehow talking about springtime and tadpoles and where we put the frog-catching nets.
Longing for His Presence
Our walk gets me thinking, though.
Winter makes me long for long summer evenings lying in the backyard while the neighbor boys join the kids in the sandbox. I long for warm sun on my skin, luxuriant rolling fields of emerald, and watching summer rain showers from the shelter of the red barn down the road.
Winter makes me long for seasons when I sense a deeper kind of satisfaction in life.
And then summer comes, and I’m filled with joy.
However, by the end of August, I’m ready for autumn. I’m ready for leaf piles, counting pumpkins on our way to soccer practice, and mums on doorsteps.
And as the seasons roll on, there are moments of sheer joy. But there are also moments when I admit to myself that I’m utterly unsatisfied with my life.
I struggle with a lack of fulfillment, a desire for something more, something I can’t quite name. I feel like I’m chasing a kind of abundance I might never find.
It dawns on me as we wait for Jesus to come riding through the glowing swell in the thick canopy of grey clouds: It’s entirely healthy and okay that I can’t find the satisfaction I crave in this life.
We all lack satisfaction in life because we were made for more than this life.
God made us for more than just this life. He designed us to live in a face-to-face relationship with him. He created us for the kind of relationship Adam and Eve enjoyed before sin separated them in the garden.
God created us for heaven, and this earth will never entirely be home. It is okay to live with a holy longing for heaven, a burning desire to behold the face of God and bow before his throne. Nothing else will satisfy.
What to do when you lack satisfaction:
Are you feeling dissatisfied with the way your life is turning out?
There are plenty of things you can do to get on track. (Read here for a list of 11 ways to find replenishment.)
Nevertheless, when you still crave more, maybe it’s time to fan the flame of hunger.
Maybe it’s time to let the fire of desire burn, realizing that it’s a passion to encounter God and look into his face.
Maybe it’s time to let the dissatisfaction drive you to your knees in prayer, dig into a Bible with an expectation that he has something to say to you, and live with an ever-present longing for heaven.
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We make it to the neighbors’ farm, pet the calves for a long while, and when we turn for the homeward journey, the flaming ball on the horizon has vanished.
“I was really hoping he was coming back today,” Bekah says, disappointed.
“Me too,” I agree. “Me too.”
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