HOW'S YOUR SPIRITUAL APPETITE

'When my heart whispered, "Seek God," my whole being replied, "I'm seeking Him!"'
Psalm 27:8 MSG

If you spend hours each day watching television and can't find a few minutes for prayer and reading the Scriptures, you have a spiritual appetite problem - one that needs your attention. David Brainerd, an eighteenth-century missionary to the American Indians, wrote in his journal: 'I withdrew usual place of retirement in great tranquility. I knew only to breathe out my desire for a perfect conformity to Him in all things. God was so precious that the world with all its enjoyments seemed infinitely vile. I have no more desire for the favor of men than for pebbles. At noon I had the most ardent longing after God which I ever felt in my life. in my secret retirement I could do nothing but tell my dear Lord in a sweet calmness that I knew I desired nothing but Him, nothing but holiness, that He had given me the desired. I never seemed to be so unhinged from myself ... so wholly devoted to God. my heart was swallowed up in God most of the day.' I may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever ... how good it is to be near God! I have made the Sovereign LORD my shelter'(Psalm 73:25-28 NLT). you can tell how spiritual healthy you are by your appetite for the things of God.