Just a Thought

The Rolling Stones once sang, “I can’t get no satisfaction… ‘cause I try, and I try, and I try, and I try…”

As people get older and difficulties arise, many think along those lines. Often times of retirement can bring on a melancholy outlook wondering, “Is this all there is?”

We all desire some meaning and satisfaction in this life, yet many lack it. Many have tried to find satisfaction in this world through fame, fortune, adventure, or even just contentment, yet the question still sits in the background, “Is this all there is?”. King Solomon, one of the wisest and richest people who has ever lived, sought satisfaction in all the possible activities in this life whilst ignoring God, and found that, “All is vanity.” (Ecclesiastes 1 vs 1 & 14).

C.S. Lewis said, “If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”

Apart from Jesus Christ, life does have a very bleak outlook. This world’s offerings will always fall short of bringing real and lasting joy and satisfaction. In contrast, Jesus declared that He had come that we might have life to the full (John 10 v 10), and that whoever received Him would never hunger or thirst for anything else (John 6 v 35). God has declared through the Psalmist that in His presence is fullness of joy (Psalm 16 v 11), but as none of us are good, or do good, it is impossible that can be our experience, except by receiving the righteousness He has provided, out of His love for us, in the Lord Jesus Christ. As Jesus said, ‘No-one comes to the Father except through Me.’ (John 14 v 6).