Whet My Appetite

“Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.” 

Psalm 34:8 

When you make your way into a kitchen and catch the aroma of chocolate chip cookies in the oven, you want to linger, don’t you? You can easily imagine how one of those cookies, still warm with melty chocolate chips, will taste with a glass of cold milk.  

Or picture this: You’re walking by a west-facing window and catch a glimpse of a sunset so bright and so vivid in its bands of colors that you hurry out the door to take it in. That’s the way it can be in our walk with Christ.  

We’re reading in the Psalms and catch just a tiny whiff of His fragrance. And we want more! We’ve set aside a few minutes to get alone with Him in prayer, and we see a tiny glimpse—hardly more than a flash—of His glory. And our heart hungers to see more. The more we see of Him, the more we desire Him. 

Holy Spirit, I know this is Your work. You whet my appetite to be with the Father. You grant me a tiny taste of heaven on the tip of my tongue and awaken my longing to experience more. You bring me into a moment of companionship with God’s Son, and I want it to last all day.