Our third thought about God from this psalm is this: God desires to satisfy us.
As this psalm was written to commemorate the Feast of Tabernacles (at the grape harvest), the promise that God would “fill” Israel’s mouth carries a lot of weight (v. 10). God promises to physically sustain Israel in lavish and delightful ways. Verse 16 conveys these promises in greater detail, promises which are originally found in Deut 32:13-14.
And the key to receiving this blessing is true, spiritual obedience – obedience that says “No” to idols and “Yes” to faith in and love for God, who saved them and loves them. Obedience that’s not “pretend” but faith-grounded, love-fueled obedience in light of His grace.
Through such obedience, God promised to fill Israel’s mouths. He would feed His people “with the finest of the wheat” and satisfy all of them “with honey from the rock” (v. 16). Now, Christian saints aren’t promised physical blessings like these. But we are promised eternal physical blessings – preeminently, the blessing of a new body (1 Cor 15; Phil 3:21). In that new body, we will be perfectly outfitted to be and do what we were always meant to be and do: sinless children of God who are filled, fed, and satisfied by our God and Savior alone and who perfectly do all things for the glory of God.
So, God desires to satisfy His people comprehensively, to fill our hearts with joy and to keep us safe from idols because they hinder us from enjoying the intimacy that God wants with us.
No other god could fill our hearts. They all promise satisfaction but prove dead in the end. But God promises and delivers satisfaction on a scale and to a depth impossible to fully comprehend. That’s how much God loves us.
And it’s through Christ that we have the privilege of experiencing full satisfaction in God alone. By His death and resurrection, we are brought near to God to be satisfied in Him – spiritually now in tasting His gospel-goodness (1 Pet 2:3) and spiritually and physically then, as we taste heaven’s banquet (Rev 19:9) in new bodies, satisfied in all His glory and goodness, worshiping Him in everything we do.
So right now, be satisfied in God, not in idols. How though? By believing in who He is and the wonders of his past, present, and future grace. Then let all those truths one by one melt your heart with love that constrains you to genuine obedience. And then you will be satisfied with honey sweeter than you can imagine.
