Never Satisfied

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November 26, 2012

"Never Satisfied"

Scripture Reading:
Ecclesiastes 2:10 (HCSB)  All that my eyes desired, I did not deny them.  I did not refuse myself any pleasure, for I took pleasure in all my struggles. This was my reward for all my struggles.

Devotional Reading:

Are you familiar with the law of diminishing returns?  Simply stated, in a consumptive lifestyle, more and more is needed to maintain the same level of satisfaction.  King Solomon discovered this when his pursuit of pleasure required more wives, more horses, more food, more wine and more land.  His self-styled “pleasure safari” quickly escalated beyond control.   Maybe it’s hard for you to relate to King Solomon’s dilemma – but the law of diminishing returns is easily illustrated in other ways.  It could apply to baseball, for example.  I like baseball.  I like being outdoors and smacking the ball around.  I like competition, even if it’s just competing with a batting cage.  But one of the first things I learned when I began to play baseball is that there are ball players, and there are ball players.  I recently saw a needle-pointed pillow which stated:  “Life is a game – baseball is serious.” Whoever owned that pillow probably started out as I did – any time we could get a pick up game, with a stick ball, wiffle ball or baseball, we did.  “If you look good, you feel good; if you feel good, you play good; if you play good, you win.”  The time comes when only Mizuno will do.   Without these “necessities,” the game just isn’t fun anymore.  Get the picture?  The law of diminishing returns says the same effort produces less satisfaction.  So we put more into our passion – whatever it may be – just to enjoy it as much as we did yesterday.  Pleasure is a lousy god.  It’s never satisfied.

Keep the Son in your eyes,

Pastor Ben J Lahay

Galatians 2:20