The Rolling Stones wrote and sang, I can't get no satisfaction. That is the anthem of the age in spite of the reality that it was meant to be a corrective to consumerism and superficiality. We live in the most superficial age in history. Advertising appeals to our vanity and our desires and as Christians the one thing we should know is that those desires are ultimately the problem, they are misordered and misdirected. We believe that stuff or people can satisfy the desires that exist in our lives yet if I said that out loud we would all know that it isn't true.
The message of the Rolling Stones was meant to be a cynical condemnation of the age of consumerism and yet it became an anthem without a message. There are places in Scripture, particularly in the prophetic literature, where God says the same kinds of things to His people and yet they don't get it, they simply can't be satisfied, they want more and because they can't be satisfied, they seek someone or something to give them what they want and they fall into idolatry, worshipping that which they believe will provide satisfaction of their desires.
The problem isn't that we can't get no satisfaction, the problem is that we don't know what it takes to satisfy our desires. We fail to feed on God, fail to understand His greatness and goodness. We are superficial people with superficial desires. God knows that about us, and His Word tells us that. The first man and woman weren't satisfied with everything on earth at their disposal and God walking with them in the Garden, they wanted more and believed it could be found in a piece of fruit which they were promised would satisfy that desire they previously hadn't identified or even known existed. There was something good that God had kept from them, ergo He wasn't as good as they might think. What is it you are thinking right now would fulfill your life, would be the difference maker in your life? It's a lie.
