If we want our appetite for righteousness to grow, we must avoid appetite killers. This is true in the natural. Every parent knows that kids who eat too much candy will not have an appetite for the healthy food at dinner time. The same is true with our spiritual appetite. If we snack on the things of the world, we can lose our appetite for righteousness. That’s why 1 John 2:15 tells us to “not love the world or the things in the world.” Nurturing worldly desires can kill our appetite for righteousness. Even legitimate things like TV, sports, games, and other forms of entertainment can quinch our thirst for God if practiced in excess.
Illustration shared in sermon by Richard Tow entitled "Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness."