Psalm 107:9 For he satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness. I. THE SOURCE OF TRUE SATISFACTION IS GOD. 1. The soul being made in His image has infinite yearnings which nothing finite can satisfy, and powers which can only find their due exercise in Divine worship and service. 2. The soul is fallen and therefore has need of restoration which nothing finite can accomplish. II. THE RECIPIENTS OF TRUE SATISFACTION. Longing souls — men and women who realize their celestial origin. In time past, they may have turned to the world for satisfaction, they may have hewn them out cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water, but now they seek to slake their thirst from the fountain of living waters (Jeremiah 2:13). They may in the past have been among the dissatisfied, saying, "Who will show us any good?" (Psalm 4:6). Now they know that blessedness consists in having the light of the Divine countenance shining upon them. III. THE CONDITION OF TRUE SATISFACTION. Obedience. The obedience which springs from filial trust and submission to the will of God. To those who hearkened to the Divine commandments the promise is (Isaiah 48:18). They shall be God's people, and He shall be their God. God for them, and with them, and in. them shall be a source of perfect and eternal satisfaction. (H. P. Wright, B. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.WEB: For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good. |
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