SERMON ILLUSTRATION (BY SPURGEON) Preaching to describe the desire for God

It does one good to see a hungry man eat his food. To him even every bitter thing is sweet. He does not turn over his food and cut off every little bit of gristle, as some of you do because of your delicate appetites.

The true gospel hearer hearkens to the text, “Eat what is good, and let your soul take pleasure in rich food” (Isa 55:2). He does not play the critic and cavil at this expression and that. He is too sharp-set to be particular about the dishes and the carving.

We marvel sometimes at the capacity of hungry men. There is no end to it, and it is the same with spiritual as with natural hunger.