Satisfaction is something we take for granted, until we lose it. In small ways it comes and goes. We eat lunch and we are satisfied. But later that day, our hunger returns and we are dissatisfied. So we eat dinner that satisfies us again, until we develop indigestion. And so the surface level of our satisfaction can be as temporary as the morning dew.
But there us a deeper satisfaction, that is far less transitory. It is the contentment that originates from our walk with God. He has the means to address the deepest longings of our soul. God grants us a peace and contentment that cannot be easily shaken or dislodged. Such a satisfaction takes comfort in knowing that its deepest needs have been thoroughly addressed.
Marrow and fatness appear to us in the modern age as something to avoid. Yet in the psalmist’s day, animal fat was a luxury few could afford. What he was declaring was that God grants the most treasured gifts to the deepest recesses of our life. God holds nothing back! He gives us His best.
Could you say at this time in your life, that you are thoroughly satisfied?