Satisfaction and Beginnings

Don't you hate it when you turn off your alarm instead of hitting the snooze?
I can't seem to help doing it. Its not like I mean too, I just can't seem to avoid it. Its not like I don't know why I do it, I do it because I don't get enough sleep, and don't know my phone well enough to snooze it without thinking. (That's called a run-on sentence)
The reason I bring up my oversleeping habit is to point out something in my own life, which is probably true in your life too. I like being in control.
Control looks different for different people. For me, it means staying up late, getting up early, and trying to figure out why I'm always exhausted.
But, when it comes right down to it, my own pleasure is a root idol of my existence.
I was talking to one of my best friends yesterday and we were talking about satisfaction.
I make no secret of my desire to find a wife. But one of the things we talked about yesterday that really hit me was that I am not satisfied in Christ.
As my friend reminded me, until I am satisfied in Christ, i won't be satisfied in a wife, or in an amount of sleep, or a job, etc.
As I seek satisfaction in Christ, I see more and more idols that must be broken.
Being in a time of transition (work, school, stage of life) means that there are a lot of new beginnings. Like the day I moved out of my parents house for good.
Or the day I decided to be a church planter. As I approach the beginning of a seminary career and the preparation to plant a church, I can't help but reflect on the idea of "satisfaction".
I am quite convinced that God intendes us to be both completely satisfied in Him, and completely unsatisfied with the fallen world in which we live. I hope as I am beginning this transitional time that I am seeking my satisfaction in Christ and not in the world in which I live.