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Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love,

    that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

Psalm 90:11 Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

What does it take to be satisfied? For some people, satisfaction comes from a clean house, from attaining a weight goal, or for making a certain pay scale. Perhaps satisfaction as a mom means keeping all your kids “in line” while simultaneously running a profitable in-home business. But what does it mean to be satisfied in the Lord- especially when external circumstances keep us from naturally feeling happy with our lives?

Towards the end of Psalm 90, the writer asks the Lord to satisfy with His loyal love. The reason, he states is for lifelong joy and gladness. This seems like a very pinterest-able verse, one we would be likely to hang up in our homes or save as our laptop wallpapers. But read in context, this verse sheds light on the how behind the what of satisfaction in the Lord. In the next few posts we will be looking at the whole passage, but for today we will explore the opening two verses in this Psalm, written by Moses.

Lord, you have been our dwelling place

    throughout all generations.

² Before the mountains were born

    or you brought forth the whole world,

    from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

Psalm 90:1-2

Moses understood that the Lord was his sense of stability- for the past and the future. He worshiped the Lord for His eternality and His supremacy as creator and sustainer of life. What a statement for the leader of the people of Israel to make. Israel, who was a homeless nation for 40 years, wandering the desert while they waited for their punishment of disbelief and complaining to be meted out (Numbers 14). The human leader of this people understood that their sense of stability came from the Lord before anything else.

Currently our family is in a season of transition, where we have moved multiple times in short succession. In a time where I feel uprooted, it is easy for me to think that “when…. happens, then I will be settled.” Does anyone else do this? Perhaps your sense of feeling unsettled sounds more like this:

When my child makes it through this phase I will feel settled.

When this health crisis passes I will feel settled.

When my income is at a certain level I will feel settled.

The opening verses of Psalm 90 encourage us to refocus our hearts on the One who alone is our dwelling place in every season of life. What does it mean that God existed before the mountains were born or that He brought the earth into being? It means He is powerful, infinitely capable of handling our lives and our problems. It means that He is unencumbered by the restrictions of time and space that hold our lives. God is greater than that which we know and are familiar with.

Knowing these truths of God, and worshiping Him for who He is should bring a sense pf tremendous peace as we live our lives. He is the one who sustains us. He is the everlasting God. Regardless of our season, He is unchanging.

Are we living life satisfied with Him? Only in Him can we find true satisfaction, regardless our life’s circumstances.