THURSDAY January 22, 2026
Are You Satisfied With Your Life?
Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 2:17 KJV
Like King Solomon, who had everything in life but was still unsatisfied, have you come to a place where you hate your life? Perhaps you see no point to life, you live, work and die. You question, “Is there more to life?” Perhaps it is life’s sorrows and trials that have made you want to call it a day. You feel like you cannot go on another day because life is just too hard. Maybe you have grown old, and you feel sad. Death is drawing close, and you feel a burden. Hopelessness can cause those depressed to wish they had never been born. Why do so many people commit suicide? They feel hopeless and do not see the point of living anymore.
That is why many times people drink or take drugs. Some people try to satisfy themselves by buying new things, yet they become discontented. They are never truly satisfied. No matter what things you have in life, you will never, ever be satisfied. Do you know why? God has somehow built within us a discontentment in our hearts. It is not to bring us to despair. It is to show us that the things of this world cannot satisfy us. This world is falling apart, and there is no real hope this world can offer for the future.
The Bible tells us: He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts... (Ecclesiastes 3:11). God also gives us a reason to live. He has mapped out a plan and a purpose for our lives:
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope (Jeremiah 29:11). All you need to do is seek Him and align your life with His will. He will carry you through this life, even into your old age: Even to your old age, I am He, and even to gray hairs I will carry you! I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you (Isaiah 46:4).
The Bible teaches that, if in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable (1 Corinthians 15:19). But we do have hope because Jesus conquered death and resurrected! Do not despair!
But I will hope continually, and will praise You yet more and more. My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness and Your salvation all the day....
~Psalm 71:14-15~
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