That's why we know that the people who turned away from the King's feast must have been ill-spiritually, mentally, emotionally. Our appetites are good when we use them appropriately-to signal to us that it's time to partake. When we have an appetite for music, we need to turn on the radio to listen to Back Street Boys or Bach, Shania Twain or Shostekovich. We have an appetite not only for music, but for many things that fill our souls. I think we have misconstrued this God-given gift, however.
Some people have an appetite for companionship.
It is good to fill that need, but whom we chose as companions is crucial to our health. There are some of us who think that this empty, growling place in our lives can be filled with just anybody-and so we find ourselves in destructive relationships. There are some of us who think that the appetite is purely sexual, and so we might go on binges with faceless person after person, trying to fill that hunger. Or perhaps you have an appetite to feel important, to fill the hole made by feelings of unworthiness and insecurity. There's nothing wrong with the need to feel important.