Are you satisfied?

"The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways, But a good man will be satisfied from above."

-- Proverbs 14:14

You've heard it said that the grass is always greener on the other side.

A wise friend of mine said it better that the grass is always greener where you water it.

In every sense, the latter is true.

The thought is amplified when you consider what scripture has to say about water and hold it up against today's verse.

"Jesus answered and said to her 'If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.'" --

John 4: 10.

"He who believes in Me, as the scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." -- John 7:38.

"For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, And floods on the dry ground; I will pour My Spirit on your descendants, And My blessing on your offspring; They will spring up among the grass Like willows by the watercourses." -- Isaiah 44:3-4

Water, throughout scripture, is used to describe or demonstrate God's Word, blessing, peace, depth, satisfaction, cleansing, purity and even deliverance.

The common thread? Every one of those things, in their truest forms, comes directly and only from the hand of God.

So if the grass is greener where we water it, then are we truly watering our lives?

If our "water" is from God, then our lives resemble that green field of grass we so desire -- vibrant, fresh, strong, firmly-rooted, free ... alive.

But if not from God, our "water" really isn't water at all. Our lives wilt, particularly under heat or duress. What was fresh become old, stale and crunchy. Frankly, without real water, we die.

Today's verse isn't claiming we're satisfied from above because we're good. It's more that in when we seek satisfaction through our own ways, we literally have become back-slidden --we've let something else try to provide the "water' that only God can.

When that's the case, we'll always ultimately be left unsatisfied with our lives.

When God is in His rightful place as the first priority in our hearts, it seems that satisfaction just falls naturally into place.

So I ask you today, are you satisfied with life? Or are you left feeling consistently frustrated, like there should be more to this job, this marriage, your health, this house, this car, or this (whatever it takes to fill in the blank here.)?

I'd suggest there is there is a simple, but extremely convicting solution to your dissatisfaction.

It all starts with where you find your water today.

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"And the Spirit and the bride say, 'Come!' And let him who hears say, 'Come!' And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely." -- Revelation 22:17