Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones turned 67 Monday. I will always associate Mick and the Stones with the song I Can't Get No Satisfaction. For many people that song has become an anthem to describe this life. Remember the chorus...
I can't get no satisfaction, I can't get no satisfaction
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try, I can't get no, I can't get no satisfaction.
I try and I try and I try and I try. The truth of the matter is we can try a variety of things and if you have followed Mick's career, you know he has tried a lot of things! However, this world simply has no answer for the longing we have in our heart. We are made for something more than this world could ever offer. C.S. Lewis said, If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.The truth is we were made for another world. A world where God's will is completely followed and God's people find rest for their souls and satisfaction in him alone.
Solomon was right when he said God has also set eternity in the hearts of men. We long for eternity and nothing this world will ever offer will satisfy our longing for the next life.
I cannot image what you give an aging Rock Star for his 67th birthday, I only hope one day he will find the satisfaction that he and everyone else if looking for.