2 Samuel 12:8d if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee
I am going to be honest with you about this. I have asked my spiritual advisors about this verse more than once and have not received an answer which satisfies me. I was dissatisfied. It never occurred to me that I might be looking at it from the wrong point of view.
My question had been, “Does God provide for those things we desire?” My question should have been, “Why was David dissatisfied?” I was hoping beyond hope to be satisfied by God so that I would stop trying to satisfy myself. I know that it is sinful to covet. Covet is a state of mind. If God provides for desires that does not change my state of mind. Like David I will just continue to covet. I’m no better than David.
What develops a right attitude in me?
Psalm 90:14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Dissatisfaction is stirred by ingratitude. I have not taken proper care of my thankfulness for the mercies already rendered unto me. My life has been so focused on all the evil around me, filled with concern, filled with sorrow, filled with desperately seeking answers. I have neglected my thankfulness. I stopped rejoicing, which is my choice. God has given me something to rejoice over, but the choice to rejoice is mine.
I let me down, not God.
Your post this morning is a big help in redirecting our thoughts and desires away from “self”–a BIG problem in this “ME” generation. Materialism does not bring lasting satisfaction, nor is it ever satisfied.
Thank you Larry ,I pray God will keep on using you and give you the knowledge .Thank you brother .
What a sweet, vulnerable message. That subject always takes me back to the Keith Green song where he says, “Lord, it’s so hard to see when my eyes are on me.”
Your admonition to me a while back about turning the conversation to “me” is still something of which I have to be constantly vigilant. Boy, I sure notice it when someone else is doing it (and it often annoys me), so I see how it must sound to others. Thanks for this timely posting.