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Satisfied with Good


Thanks to a small group I'm in, I had to memorize Psalm 103:1-5 recently. It is the last verse, "...who satisfies you with good so that your youth can be be renewed like the eagle's" that has been my saving grace this week.

Life has been tricky of late. Not horrible, but not wonderful either. But every time I remember this verse, a sense of peace comes about. God can satisfy me with good. It doesn't have to be fantastic. Just "good." The new, NIV adds "things" to this, and that as well, simplifies my thoughts. For everything I'm going through, God can satisfy me with good things. Again, not necessarily phenomenal things. Just good.

And good is enough. Good is more than enough for my heart.

The reason God brings this satisfaction of the good is so that our youth is renewed like the eagles. I love this image of that above. Have you ever seen an eagle catch a fish; or fight another bird of prey for a fish? I have and it is magnificent. They are strong. They are sure. They are capable. They sit on their perch and watch and when they are sure and renewed, they swoop.

I've been pondering - how do I fit into this concept of renewing my youth like the eagle? Am I renewed each morning because the day before I was simply a decent human being and good sleep was my reward? Is my youth renewed because God's mercies never fail and are renewed each morning (Lamentations 3:22-23)? Or is my youth renewed because of a faith I don't understand and a hope the Spirit in me seems to revive?

I'm going for the latter two. God has somehow found a way to satisfy me with good things and renew me in a time when focusing on the bad could easily win. Don't get me wrong; there are times when the "bad" seems to do just that. Win. There are hours when I don't feel like me and doubt and insecurity swoop in. There are hours when I can't see the good. As one of my favorite songs mentions however, "There are days I'll lose the battle, grace says that it doesn't matter cuz the cross already won the war. (MercyMe - Greater)."

Those bad hours end (and they always seem to happen at the end of day when I'm worn out and the cup I fill every morning seems to have a hole in it and most everything has dribbled out) and I sleep. Waking up with this renewed youth...which may just be a gift from God of faith and hope. A gift that helps me remember to find the good and be satisfied in that.

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