Make dissatisfaction work for you

Dissatisfaction in your personal affairs should not be regarded as an undesirable and condemnable thing that causes you to fret, complain or lose hope in life. Instead, lack of satisfaction in any aspect of your life should be welcomed as a blessing in disguise.
 It should be seen as a negative prelude to a positive reality.  Dissatisfaction can work in the same way as thirst or hunger in human life.  Thirst is an early warning indicator of the need for more water in your body while hunger is an alarm system that tells you that the body has run out of food nutrients.  Both thirst and hunger are life principles designed to preserve your life. You could die if you would not be able to sense the need for water or food. Likewise, personal dissatisfaction can work for your good if you see it as an indication of a discrepancy between where you are and where you want to be; a friendly standard showing the difference between the actual details of your life and your inner vision.     
Esau sold his birthright to his brother Jacob to gratify an immediate need for food and thereby forfeited his future blessings and heritage. Consequently, he was to live all his life as a servant to his brother as indicated in the opening verse.  The news that he was to live in misery, in discomfort and in subjection to his younger brother made Esau uncomfortable. On seeing his son’s desperation to gain his share of life’s blessing, Isaac prophesied, “and it shall come to pass when you have dominion, that you shall break his yoke from off thy neck.” In other words Isaac was saying that, though Esau was billed to be a servant to Jacob all his life, he could reverse that situation if only he became dissatisfied enough with that kind of life.  If he got restless or fed up with a life of servitude and misery he would break free from the yoke of his brother. His release from the life of subjection to his brother meant his freedom to prosper, increase, and to live a more satisfying life. 
The principle Isaac gave here is that freedom is not granted by the oppressor but it is demanded by the oppressed. If you still accept things as they are then no change will take place but if you get dissatisfied with the status quo of things then change for the better is on the way.
Jabez was born in sorrow and was named Sorrowful, but he refused to accept curses, limitations and poverty in his life. He made dissatisfaction work for him when he earnestly prayed for blessings and enlargement of his influence. Seeing his desperate need for change coupled with positive action God granted him his desire.
 Eventually he who was born in sorrow became more honourable and more prosperous than his brethren who were born sorrow- free. But he had to be fed up first with the status quo of his life experiences.
 In Genesis 30, Rachel got dissatisfied with her barrenness and demanded children from his husband Isaac or else she would rather die than live as a barren woman. God resolved her conflict and gave her children, among them was Joseph the great dreamer who became prime minister of Egypt. It was not until she was dissatisfied with her barrenness that her fruitfulness manifested.
Some solutions to our conflicts will not manifest till we get fed up and become restless seeking for them.  Sometimes God delays His intervention in our problems until we become desperate enough and fervently call on Him for deliverance.
How desperately do you want the change you say you want? Are you prepared to risk all for that change?  And what sacrifices are you making, and what steps are you taking towards the positive, more fulfilling and more satisfying life you desire?
 Your answers to these questions reveal your measure of dissatisfaction and the justification for your change.
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