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THE EYE IS NOT SATISFIED WITH SEEING! - Control Lust Series 001
Ecclesiastes 1:8, KJV
"All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing."
How true is the verse above? Is the eye ever satisfied with seeing? Is the ear ever filled with hearing? I'll say, "never!"
Scholars generally agree that, "Human wants are insatiable and the resources to meet them are scarce." That is truth! We will always have needs but the resources may not always be available to meet them. It is that which leads to a drawing of scale of preference in order to capture the most pressing needs and have them attended to with the limited resources at hand. Meanwhile, this verse in view says, "The eye is not satisfied with seeing." What does that mean? It means man is always covetous. It means man is always asking for more. It means man is never satisfied with what he has or possesses. This is where many seek things for validation. When he scrolls on the social media and sees a catalogue of items, he gets drawn into the chase to purchase things that he doesn't really need again. It simply means, man is never weaned from being wooed by things. This is where materialism steps in but where minimalism must take over if you'll ever have a sound, prosperous and uncompetitive life.
You cannot have everything in this world for yourself - no matter how rich or equipped you are with resources. If you do not learn contentment, you will likely hurt yourself a number of ways and of course fulfill this verse that says, "The eye is never satisfied with seeing." This verse is preaching against discontentment. Just like I earlier said, human needs are numerous and they'll keep showing up. You'll surely need to meet certain needs after having met some. You can't remain a living being without daily meeting of physical needs. Meanwhile, our verse of the day is not criticizing that or the fact that you'll need to meet all needs that are your "daily bread." What it is criticizing is the attitude of "it is not enough - greed it is called." What it is dealing with is excesses that are not needed in your life that you keep acquiring. A lot of people have acquired a number of items even in their houses that don't get used for months if not years. They've even forgotten they own some things. Until they discover them, they won't be awed they possess them. The moral is that you actually don't need those things. If you search carefully, you'll observe that there are many items in your life that are not necessary. You could live without them. Neither do they add to your daily living but you once purchased them out of human vanity, ego and desire for consumerism.
When the Bible says, "the eye is not satisfied with seeing", picture someone who has enough clothes but saw another design or colour on display and yearns for it. When the Bible says, "the eye is not satisfied with seeing", that verse will account for why we prostitute, commit adultery, fornicate and lust after things every time. The lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh and pride of life work in consonance with this principle of "the eye is never satisfied with seeing" (I John 2:16). Rather, it keeps making new demands, even which is unnecessary. As a matter of fact, the advertisement world of bill boards and colourful designs have built their foundation on appealing to our senses of "the eye is never satisfied with seeing." They know that's a major gateway to our senses. Since the eye is never satisfied, they can get you to buy a fridge again though you already have a freezer. All they need to do is to tell you the fridge is a new design produced in Year 2026. They could say, "This other phone is more sleek and is waterproof" while you fall for the bait. All those won't change the fact that you actually don't need those new acquisitions. At best, they might be jobless in your life. Meanwhile, you could use them pull rank that you own two phones or two cars.
Living like this is when one's eye is never satisfied with seeing. Those who have trained themselves with contentment either because they're naturally poor or intentionally exercise that intelligence are such that are free from the bindings of that verse or its controlling demon. God is not against developing appetite. What He is against is having an uncontrollable appetite for something. Nothing must master you if you'll remain the master. You will lose yourself to things the day your eyes are not satisfied with seeing. If you saw something and you cannot call yourself quit from its charm for once, you have not been delivered from the eye is not satisfied with seeing. Someone who's not satisfied with seeing can steal to buy what he's craving for. She can prostitute and compromise her personal values to obtain things. Those are the people who let lust master them and when lust is fully developed, it'll become sin. Nothing else. Brethren, that admonishment of old still stands.
"But godliness with contentment is great gain." Divide your life with that scripture and see where you stand.
PRAYER/CONFESSION: I've made a covenant with my eyes, how then shall I be enraptured away by lusts.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Genesis 46:1-47:31; Matthew 15:1-28; Psalm 19:1-14; Proverbs 4:14-19
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