Satisfaction

I've just begun Tim Keller's latest book Counterfeit Gods. In the introduction he has this:

In the 1830's, when Alexis de Tocqueville recorded his famous observations on America, he noted a 'strange melancholy that haunts the inhabitants ... in the midst of abundance.' Americans believed that prosperity could quench their yearning for happiness, but such a hope was illusory, because, de Tocqueville added, 'the incomplete joys of this world will never satisfy [the human] heart.'

I appreciate the careful balance that is being expressed here. It's not that de Tocqueville was saying (or that Keller is saying) that there is nothing here to enjoy. There is much to enjoy in God's good Creation. But they are all 'incomplete joys'. As such they 'will never satisfy'. Satisfaction will be ours only in the age to come. My concern is that there are too many Christians who do not see this. And so, they expect that real satisfaction can happen here. It can't. Again, lest I be misunderstood, there is much to enjoy during our years of being here. But we need to remember that this world will never satisfy. And knowing that will temper our expectations and help us to be more willing to sacrifice and suffer for the Kingdom. Whatever we sacrifice would not have satisfied. And what we suffer here will be made up for there, in the place where there is satisfaction - complete satisfaction.