Outside in, Inside out: what about who and what God is satisfies our souls desires?
First, let's see what we (humans) do to be satisfied.

There are two kinds of unhappy people in the world.

Those who believe that if they could just arrange the "outside" circumstances of their lives, they would be happy...if they had a ... new car, better job, quiet wife (oops did I say that??!), children that would wash up the dishes without complaining, more sleep at night, lyposuction... whatever "outside" needs to be fixed in order to find happiness... fill in the blank. Truthfully, new toys satisfy our soul for about 3.5 secs.

Then there are those souls that despair over their "insides" if they made less mistakes, could get it right, be more patient, more studious, more diligent, less critical, less prone to temptation... more or less _______ whatever. Seems like most of the time life is not being good enough, guilty, dissatisfaction, or vexation at less conscientious people, maybe pridefulness too, and above all... tiredness.

I think we all find ourselves on both sides of this outside/inside scale; I know I can see myself in each.

I think the reason we believe that outside arrangements or inside self-control will bring us happiness is we all get a momentary measure of a happiness from that shiny new toy (outside), or that moment we acted adult when the other guy was childish (inside).

And we believe the lies because we do not have the right view of who and what God is, the true source of souls satisfaction: joy, peace, mercy, love, grace and all good things.

The words out-SIDE and in-SIDE give a clue. These are human (created creature) concepts, as there is no boundaries at all in God, the truth about God is He has no SIDES. Theologians throw around big words: God is omnipresent, everywhere present, every "time" present.

We have insides and outsides. I can see your outsides : )

So let's consider our SOURCE: Christ the triumphant is on the throne, and He is not negligent concerning things that concern us, there will be a recogning of all unjustice, He is the giver of real joy, peace, and love, trust his hand See Chrirst outside of you?

Our true inside source: Christ in my heart - we are indwelled .. not by the thought of God, not by the measure of righteousness we can muster, but by the One true living God Himself. There is no end to His shininess. I think it says, we WILL shine, we must, cant help it, because it is based on His nature.

So we see the ONE that is both outside and inside. In Him there is no division, no boundary. Our true source, based on who and what He is. We live in Him and He dwells in us.

How does this play out in our 4D world? God is manifest in me for me, for others, for the love of God to be shed abroad in our hearts, for a witness to His pleasure in me, for the glory of the Son.

How did Spurgeon put it? "If Jesus was undertook to bring me to glory, and if the Father promised that He would give me to the Son to be a part of the infinite reward of the travail of His soul; then, my soul, till God Himself shall be unfaithful, till Jesus shall cease to be the truth, thou art safe."