Sometimes it is good to be satisfied. Dissatisfaction with what God has given me; my lot in life; my spouse; my “earthly” goods; etc. can be dangerous. Covetousness is right around the corner.

But there is also a bad kind of satisfaction. As Tripp calls it: personal spiritual self-satisfaction. It is a satisfaction based on “arrived.” I’ve arrived. I’m settled in. Don’t challenge me. Don’t ask me to change. Don’t ask me to move. It’s a settledness within that is comfortable. Maybe I can say when I get this way, or a person gets this way, it makes me part of the “pat-myself-on-the-back” society.

On course that is one dangerous-very dangerous-spot to be in. There is no doubt I still need to grow in all areas of my spiritual walk but since I’m satisfied, I don’t see it or want to make the effort to change. “God, wake me up!”

“Father, you are not one to settle in. True, Jesus did all that was needed-as Hebrews says ‘once for all.’ No other sacrifice for sin needed to be made. But when it comes to my walk with You? One thought: constant need for change. Help me not to become personally spiritually self-satisfied. Continually move me; change me; rearrange me; mold me for my growth and Your use.”