Thoughts on the Sermon, “God is Good – So We Do Not Have to Look Elsewhere for Satisfaction”

Thoughts on the Sermon, “God is Good – So We Do Not Have to Look Elsewhere for Satisfaction”

by Vermon Pierre, Lead Pastor 

1. All people actively pursue joy and satisfaction. Unfortunately “joy” is an ever-shifting, ever- moving target. What we think is enjoyable today will several months from now feel old and not as vibrantly satisfying. What we thought was the good life back in the 1950s is considered substandard today. Every day we fill our lives with “hits” of joy through trivial things like television or texting or the internet even as we try to attain some lasting state of joy that our world is incapable of giving to us.

2. God offers himself to us as what we need for lasting joy and satisfaction. He is good, and because he is fundamentally good, we can have complete and eternal satisfaction with him. He is a God in whom we are meant to find enjoyment and security and gladness (Ps 37:4, 27:4, 16:8-9). We are invited to experience God for ourselves and see for ourselves that he is good (Ps 34:8-10).

3. Everything about God is good, but one particularly good “flavor” of God is his steadfast love (Ps 100:5, 36:5-8). God’s committed love towards us, seen most especially in his sending his Son for our salvation, is the tangible demonstration that God is good and has acted for our eternal good and joy.

4. How can we begin to enjoy and keep enjoying God? By believing in God (Rom 15:13). By meditating on God’s word (Ps 119:15-16, 24, 72, 103, 127, 143). By spending time in the presence of God (Ps 16:11), most especially through prayer and corporate worship.

5. What does a life that enjoys God produce? It produces a spirit of generosity (2 Cor 8:2). It produces passionate and eager service and leadership (1 Peter 5:2). It means being free of anything that is enslaving you and being able to do anything with a sense of satisfaction and joy. It means living all of life with a deep sense of eternity.