Unsatisfied
The current economic conditions have been the cause for lots of lost jobs and salary reductions. As a result, many people have been affected. In the best case, those whose salary has not been directly affected are living with less money because everything is more expensive. We find ourselves making a lot of ‘sacrifices’ in order to find a way to stretch our money. These changes are causing many people to feel unsatisfied.
How many things have you had to ‘sacrifice’ so far?
- Cable/satellite TV programming package
- Cell phone plan with texting and data
- Smartphone
- Movie rentals subscriptions
- Timeshare
- Vacation
- xx Inches HD TV
- Jewelry
- Spa
- …
The items in this list can hardly be defined as ‘sacrifices’. At most, they can be categorized as minor adjustments.
It is incredible how fast we get used to things that we didn’t have before. We were living just fine before we had them, but now we think we can’t live without them. We were fine before the arrival of microwave ovens, video games, computers, Blue Ray DVDs, IPODs, Blue tooth, plasma TVs, etc.
Some might say that their sacrifices grant them the justification for feeling unsatisfied. And it might be so for a few of them, but certainly not for most. To get a better perspective lets compare our condition to that of other people.
- What is our sacrifice compared to the people that have nothing to eat?
- What is our sacrifice compared to the people living in dumps?
- What is our sacrifice compared to the people that have no access to potable water?
- What is our sacrifice compared to the people that have no access to minimum health care?
After answering these questions I found a real reason to feel unsatisfied. I feel unsatisfied because with the blessings that I have received in my life I could have shared part of those blessings by making a difference in the lives of those less fortunate than me. I also feel unsatisfied because as a person that have experienced the love of God I could have done more to share this love with those in spiritual need.
Can you imagine what would happen if all the Christians in the world feel unsatisfied and decided to do something about it? Can you imagine the impact on our cities, and around the world, if churches and ministries feel unsatisfied with their work and decided to do something about it?
But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. – 1 Timothy 6:8
How is it possible to be satisfied only with food and clothing? Because they cover our basic needs. Everything else we have are just add-ons, and are not meant to provide the satisfaction that we can only obtain through Jesus (John 3:16, John 10:10).
If we are to be unsatisfied let it be because we are not doing what Jesus told us to do (John 13:15). But lets not stay unsatisfied, lets do something about it.
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