MOMENT OF ENCOUNTER DEVOTIONAL
By Prophet Dr. Abiodun Adesida
THE GOD CALLED APPETITE
Why Many Christians Are Selling Their Birthright for Soup
๐ Main Text
"Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things." โ Philippians 3:19 (KJV)
๐ Further Reading
Hebrews 12:15-17; Revelation 2-3
๐ MEMORY VERSE
"Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright." โ Hebrews 12:16 (KJV)
โ๏ธ MESSAGE
One of the greatest idols in the modern Church does not sit inside a shrine. It does not wear red cloth or carry charms. Many Christians carry it to church every Sunday, pray with it, sing with it, and even preach with it.
Its name is Appetite.
The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ was never designed to satisfy our appetites; it was designed to sanctify them. Christ did not come to make our desires comfortable; He came to bring them under the Lordship of God.
Sadly, many believers approach Christianity with the mentality of a customer entering a supermarket. They want God to bless their plans, finance their ambitions, fulfill their desires, and endorse their appetites.
The question is no longer, "What does God want?"
The question has become, "What do I want?"
Paul saw this danger long ago and described such people with frightening words: "Whose God is their belly."
In other words, appetite had become their deity.
Whatever controls your decisions has become your god.
Whatever you cannot deny yourself has become your master.
ESAU: THE MAN WHO SOLD DESTINY FOR DINNER
Esau remains one of the most tragic figures in Scripture.
The Bible calls him a profane person.
Not because he committed murder.
Not because he became an idol worshipper.
Not because he joined a cult.
He became profane because he valued temporary satisfaction above eternal inheritance.
A bowl of soup became more important than a birthright.
His stomach overruled his destiny.
His appetite silenced his future.
Sadly, many believers are still repeating Esau's mistake.
Some sell character for contracts.
Some sell integrity for promotion.
Some sell holiness for pleasure.
Some sell divine purpose for popularity.
Some sell their future for what satisfies them today.
The tragedy of Esau was not hunger.
The tragedy was that he valued food more than destiny.
๐ JESUS' WARNING TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES
The letters of Jesus to the Seven Churches in Asia Minor reveal that spiritual decline often begins with corrupted appetites.
Ephesus lost its appetite for first love.
Pergamos developed an appetite for compromise.
Thyatira developed an appetite for immorality.
Laodicea developed an appetite for wealth, comfort, and self-sufficiency.
Their downfall did not begin with false doctrine.
It began with misplaced desires.
Wrong appetite always produces wrong direction.
A church, a minister, or a believer will never rise above the level of his appetite.
๐ฅ DIFFERENT APPETITES THAT DESTROY DESTINY
1. Marriage Appetite
Some people are so desperate to marry that they abandon God's standards in pursuit of companionship.
They would rather marry wrong than wait long.
2. Ministry Appetite
Many desire titles more than transformation.
They want pulpits but avoid prayer closets.
They desire ordination without consecration.
They want crowds without character.
3. Financial Appetite
Money is a wonderful servant but a dangerous master.
Many people no longer ask, "Is it God's will?"
They ask, "How much will it pay?"
4. Power Appetite
Some believers crave influence more than integrity.
They seek authority without accountability.
5. Pleasure Appetite
A generation addicted to comfort will struggle with sacrifice.
A cross-carrying faith cannot survive on a comfort-seeking lifestyle.
6. Recognition Appetite
Some people are more concerned about being known by men than being approved by God.
They desire followers more than faithfulness.
Applause more than obedience.
Visibility more than spirituality.
๐ A SATIRICAL BUT SOBERING THOUGHT
Many Christians can rebuke witches but cannot rebuke their appetites.
They fast against enemies but feast with temptation.
They cast out demons from villages but entertain desires in their hearts.
They command mountains to move but refuse to move away from sin.
Some have become spiritual consumers rather than spiritual disciples.
They want Heaven's benefits but not Heaven's discipline.
They want God's hand but avoid God's heart.
๐ฎ PROPHETIC INSIGHT
Your greatest battle is not always with demons.
Sometimes it is with desires.
Satan studies appetites before he launches temptations.
To Eve, he offered fruit.
To Achan, he offered gold.
To Judas, he offered money.
To Demas, he offered the world.
To Esau, he offered soup.
The enemy often packages temptation according to appetite.
Faith says, "I will wait."
Appetite says, "I want it now."
Faith sees tomorrow.
Appetite sees today.
Faith values destiny.
Appetite values satisfaction.
๐ PRAYER POINTS
1. Father, deliver me from every appetite that is competing with Your purpose in my life.
2. Lord, help me to value eternal rewards above temporary pleasures.
3. Every spirit of Esau operating in my life, be destroyed in Jesus' Name.
4. Father, give me grace to discipline my desires and submit them to Your will.
5. Let my hunger for God become greater than every worldly craving.
๐ TODAY'S ENCOUNTER
The believer who cannot control his appetite cannot preserve his destiny. Many have lost what prayer gave them because appetite took over what discipline should have governed. Do not trade your birthright for soup. Do not exchange eternity for appetite. Let Christ be Lord not only of your spirit, but also of your desires.
For when appetite becomes your god, destiny becomes the sacrifice.
Shalom!
Your Brother,
Prophet Dr. Abiodun Adesida
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