Tony’s Blog

The other day I sat across the table from a stellar Junior in High School. Our conversation led to how he could make a significant difference in his final year before leaving high school. This guy is a sharp, compassionate, follower of Christ…makes a mother proud. But, he has the same problem many of us have…he is a nibbler. I’m referring to one of the most powerful quotes ever to be quoted…

“If you do not feel strong desires for the manifestation of the Glory of God, it is not because you have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because you have nibbled so long at the table of the world that you are stuffed with small things and there is no room for the GREAT!”

It was ten years ago when I first read this quote while standing in the Christian living section of a local Christian bookstore. It was on the back cover of “Hunger for God” by John Piper and the moment I read it I knew…That’s Me…I am a nibbler and stuffed on small things.

This realization started a me on a quest. I began to realize that in all of my nibbling there was one constant…I was pursuing satisfaction, pleasure, and happiness with every step I took and was coming up short. I had no room to “Taste and See that the Lord was GOOD”. From that day forward I have been engaged in a fight…the fight of faith to believe that God can and will satisfy my heart and soul. It is a fight because everywhere I look there are the promises of the world that I can be satisfied apart from God. My friend and I must examine our lives and with each activity we must ask ourselves if this is a snack to be nibbled on or the main meal to be feasted upon. Our hearts and souls crave the Great…main meal… and yet, we are far too easily pleased as C. S. Lewis has stated so clearly in the “Weight of Glory”.

Join me in feasting on the Great!