The Virtue of Holy Dissatisfaction

The S.D.A. Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 8, 1880

FromThe Signs of the Times, Vol. 6, No. 14

The Virtue of Holy Dissatisfaction

To SAY, “I shall be satisfied,” is an indication of Christian faith. To say, “I am satisfied,” proves one to be possessed of a low ideal—or of no ideal. He who is satisfied with himself, or with his work, has made as yet no high attainment; nor is he likely to make it. It is wrong to be discontented; but it is right to be unsatisfied. Peace, even the peace “which passeth all understanding,” is not at rest, like the sluggish pool; it floweth “like a river.” Not what one is, or what one has, but what one sees and strives to reach to, is the measure of one's quality and worth. He has never done good work, who thinks that his work could not be bettered, or that it is done as well as he wanted to do it. He is good for nothing who thinks he is good enough.—S. S. Times.