USA Today Article - June 2022

About 45% of 12,000 people surveyed globally by Oracle say they have not felt true happiness dating back to pre-pandemic days.

Around 25% surveyed say they don’t know or have forgotten, what it means to feel truly happy.

Some 88% surveyed are looking for new experiences to make them smile and laugh.

And 78% of those surveyed are willing to pay a premium for true happiness.

SATISFIED

Psalm 73:25–28 NKJV

Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. For indeed, those who are far from You shall perish; You have destroyed all those who desert You for harlotry. But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God, That I may declare all Your works.

Main Idea: God is the only one who brings complete satisfaction.

Key Question: Are you satisfied in your situation right now?

1. God satisfies alone. (v. 25)

Psalm 73:25 NKJV

Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.

Psalm 16:11 NKJV

You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

2. God satisfies when everything else fails. (v. 26)

Psalm 73:26 NKJV

My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Psalm 84:2 NKJV

My soul longs, yes, even faints For the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Psalm 63:1 NKJV

O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.

3. God satisfies in totality. (v. 26)

Psalm 73:26 NKJV

My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Philippians 3:8 NKJV

Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ

Psalm 18:2 NKJV

The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

4. God satisfies those who stay close. (v. 27)

Psalm 73:27 NKJV

For indeed, those who are far from You shall perish; You have destroyed all those who desert You for harlotry.

James 4:4 NKJV

Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Psalm 119:155 NKJV

Salvation is far from the wicked, For they do not seek Your statutes.

5. God satisfies through simple faith. (v. 28)

Psalm 73:28 NKJV

But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God, That I may declare all Your works.

Lamentations 3:25–26 NKJV

The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the Lord.

James 4:8 NKJV

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.