When one eats Olive Garden breadsticks, something amazing happens. Why? Because Olive Garden breadsticks are absolutely delicious. One won’t even bother to order a course meal. The desire for the breadsticks outweighs the desire for the course meal, because one is realizing the supremacy of the Olive Garden breadsticks.

When one tastes God, something amazing happens. Why? Because God is absolutely incredible. The desire for God outweighs the desire for anything else, because one is realizing the supremacy of God. Often people wonder how they can be more on fire for God, more vulnerable, more on the edge. I get excited when I have conversations with these people, because it shows that though they might not have a desire for God, they have a desire to have a desire for God. That’s the first step. God has given us that desire. I believe that the second step is to simply act out on that desire, and that is done by simply tasting God. Psalm 34:8 says, “Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!” Because, when one has tasted God, one sees the good in it. And just as it is natural to desire more Olive Garden breadsticks, it is only natural then to develop a desire for God. It is only natural to be on fire for God.

People often say that college is the best four years of your life, so don’t waste them. Get laid, get drunk, and get high. And that is true. There rarely is a better opportunity in anyone’s life to get laid, to get drunk, and to get high, than in a liberal college. If you taste all of these activities, you will find them good, and you will naturally have desires for them. However, we will be missing out, because humans are wired to find ultimate joy in God. Taste God and you will find him not only good but superior, and you will naturally have desires for him. Then you will see college from a different perspective. So because you don’t want to waste the college years, you will choose not to get laid, not to get drunk, not to get high. Colleges are amazing mission fields, and they are amazing places to be challenged and to grow in the faith with a strong body of believers. So seizing one’s time in college can mean plugging into the Christian community and living on fire. There rarely is a better opportunity in anyone’s life to witness, to grow, and to fall in love with God.

John Stott once said, “The true knowledge of God will always lead us to worship.” So read the Word, pray, fellowship, and get ready to taste and see.

– Larry

PS I am so excited to go back to school. Like seriously. It’s so ridiculous.