An innate desire for satisfaction is at the root of every enterprise, endeavor, and accomplishment. All too often the satisfaction craved is synonymous with self-gratification and personal aggrandizement and, emotional in character, stems from the carnal, or mortal, mind and sooner or later brings disappointment and suffering in its train.
On the other hand, we learn in Christian Science that true satisfaction is spiritual, substantive, and is found in selflessness. It is identified with lasting peace and happiness; it is indicative of divine exuberance and fullness—fullness of every Godlike quality—and it rests upon an abiding conviction of God's allness and His inclusiveness of man, made in the divine image and likeness.
Drawing a clear-cut distinction between genuine, God-derived satisfaction and its spurious, material opposite, Isaiah put it this way: "Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness."Isa. 55:2;
