Notice that the Righteous and the Wicked here function by two very different standards. The subtlety between them is not to be ignored.

The Righteous one eats with regard to his heart – his inward man. The Wicked eat only in regard to their own stomachs – their base appetites.

So it is, when paying more attention to the state of our souls than the mere satisfaction of animal appetites – the Righteous has enough to satisfy him, while the belly of the wicked suffers want and is never satisfied.

It is often cited that the Puritans could be accused of flights of morbid introspection. And it can be true. We can spend so much time in self-examination that nothing but our sin fills our field of vision. The remedy here is to be sure we always look upon Christ more. More often. More deeply. More wondrously.

At the same time, when we do not pay any real or meaningful attention to the state of our souls – it isn’t long before we functionally live like those outside of Christ. We too can pay more attention to base human appetites – outward comforts, pleasures, possessions and fascinations – than what has eternal reward connected to it.

Now here is the point: Lack of contentment with God’s provision is a sign that wicked desires are ruling. The stomach over the heart. That we are not indulging ourselves in the spiritual treasures that are ours in Christ. That we’ve lost sight of feeding our hearts, and have reverted to feeding our stomachs only.

How we need to learn to mortify these lusts by the Spirit.

Holy Spirit – satisfy us with revelations of the glories of Christ.