Our appetizers dictate the direction of our lives, whether it’s the cravings of our stomachs or the passionate desire for possessions or power, or the longing of our spirits for God.
When we fill ourselves with the world we will have no room for the things of God. It’s like having to eat two Thanksgiving meals close together the first one tastes wonderful because we are hungry and the second one isn’t appetizing because we are already full from the first one.
Those who follow Jesus hunger for anything besides God can be an enemy. We need to hunger for God and Him alone that’s the only thing that will bring victory.
John Piper put it this way, “If we don’t feel a strong desire for the manifestation of the glory of God, it’s not because you have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It’s because we have nibbled so long at the table of the world that our souls are satisfied with small things, and there is no room for the great.
When God is the supreme hunger of our hearts, He will be supreme in everything else. It’s when we are more satisfied in Him, He will be more glorified in us.
From Pity to Praise 