Growing in satisfaction

There's no quick and dirty for this.

No easy-peasy.

The heart's desire for God that is expressed in our psalm is a lifelong process of growth!

Whom have I in heaven but you?
    And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
    but God is the strength of my heart
    and my portion forever. (Psalm 73:25-26)

We should be growing each day in our desire for God, our treasure, and in our heart's contentment in Him. 

I'm not going to sugar-coat this.....part of the process is that we begin to see the shortness of life. We hit a milestone birthday and we begin to ponder. We see family and friends whose hearts or other systems have begun to fail them. Perhaps we see a friend facing death. The signs in our bodies become more painfully evident as time goes on! 

Perhaps we even sit in our quiet time and think, "What am I living for? This life is so short!" Ah, dear believer, for HIM!!! God is the personal possession of our souls. When life comes to an end, we still have Him. He is our strength, and He is our treasure forever. 

Remember in the book of Numbers when the lands were being "divvied" up? The Lord told Aaron, the patriarch of the priestly line in the nation of Israel:

The Lord said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any share among them; I am your share and your inheritance among the Israelites. (Numbers 18:20)

The Lord went on to say how they would be provided for, and how they would be compensated for their temple duties. They would not suffer or starve; God had it all planned. And we don't see anything in the Bible that talks about how the priests murmured and said, "What? No land for us? What a bummer of a deal!" I believe that they fully understood what Asaph is saying: God is our portion and He satisfies more than land, or possessions, or popularity . . . We need to be growing in our understanding of that truth. We need to grow in contentment with our God, our treasure.

As we grow, we will become more aware of our insufficiency and God's power and might - His all-sufficiency for us. Asaph draws a contrast between his failings and God's strength. This reminds us of the lesson earlier, where we saw that our own failures help us to see our desperate need for the Lord. 

but God is the strength of my heart
    and my portion forever.  (v 26b)

God alone is our strength, and He will be with us when our hearts stop beating here on earth. It is He Who will be our "portion," our treasure in eternity. We will be with Him forever.

We will "dwell in the house of the Lord" for eternity.

Amen!