God has perfect designs and times for the gifts He gives, and trying to use these gifts in any way or at any time other than He has designed is like having a tree that produces beautiful fruit but eating the fruit when it is not ripe, or when it has rotted, or eating just the seed and the stem. Your stomach may be filled but you will probably get sick, and no matter the immediate consequences, you will have missed out on the best possible thing, the perfectly matured fruit at the perfect time.
God's plan here is not a plan for human satisfaction, but a plan to display how great his love and mercy are, and somehow when we partake of that, living in the way He designs, then we will find satisfaction from His glory, from living out His designs. His ways so far transcend us, that this is the ultimate best; to find the greatest joy and satisfaction from forsaking our own desires and plans and living for the glory of another.
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