If you are not satisfied in God, what does satisfy you? What is the good that you long for that God has withheld? What little (or big) thing niggles in your heart so much that you could say in your worst moments: Give me _______ or I die! like Rachel did when she was barren? What would make your life perfect?

For me, it can be something as simple as chocolate or as complicated as a happy marriage and godly children. But while these things are very good, do they supercede God, who alone gives all good gifts? And what courses of action do I take to obtain those things that God has clearly withheld from me? Oh, please remember Sarah, who couldn't wait for the child God had promised and, in giving her servant to Abraham to be the mother of the child, created untold misery for herself, her family, and the entire world to this day. Give me that son you promised, or I die!

Psalm 57 says this: I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me. He will send from heaven and save me. Let us wait on God for His good purposes in our lives. Let us say with the Psalmist: Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, you are very great!

Here's a response question for you: What sorts of things have you longed for apart from God?