Satisfied with God - Proverbs 26-27

 Proverbs 27:7 (NASB0

A sated man loathes honey,

But to a famished man any bitter thing is sweet.

Proverbs 27:7 (ESV)

One who is full loathes honey,

but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.

Dissatisfaction is one of the greatest motivators in life.   That is what Solomon is saying in this proverb.   When a man is satisfied, even a great thing is not an interest to him.   When you have more than you want, or all that you want, very few things interest you anymore.   However, when you are empty and have nothing, you will go after anything - your desires will be altered to consume even the worse things (think of the prodigal son eating with the swine).  When we see the nation of Israel eating their young during the siege of the Assyrians, we have a better understanding of the truth of this proverb.  In our society, today, we don't have a lot of "famished" living.  We tend to be over stimulated.   We tend to be on the "loathing of honey" more than the "consuming the bitter."   That is, of course, in every area except the area of spiritual hunger and thirst.   In the area of spiritual development we tend to be famished and go after everything but God.   To avoid chasing the bitter, we have to make sure we never get full of the honey.   God's Word is honey to our soul.   We have to make sure we never get satisfied with what we know or understand about God and His Word.   We have to realize that the life we have with Him is to be fostered and harvested.  If we get satisfied we may reject the honey and eat and chase the bitter. Perhaps this is what Jesus was talking about in this Beatitude:

Matthew 5:6

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

We can be satisfied as we hunger and thirst for righteousness.  But, the more we hunger and thirst for it, the more we want of it.   We are to famished when it comes to righteousness so that we seek it more.   But, to be famished and seek whatever things we find to give us satisfaction will only lead to bitterness of soul.   Notice how this thought impacted Esau:

Hebrews 12:15-17

See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.

He became bitter because he sought, first and foremost, the world to satisfy his appetite.   We are to seek Christ for satisfaction.