Communion With God: Gospel Sweet or Bitter?

I’m reading John Owen’s book entitled Communion with God (that’s the abbreviated title), in which he talks about how to have personal fellowship with the triune God, each Person distinctly.  In the preface he writes:

I shall speak nothing [in this preface] of the subject here handled; it may, I hope, speak for itself, in that spiritual savour and relish which it will yield to them whose hearts are not so filled with other things as to render the sweet things of the gospel bitter to them.

Reflecting on this statement, I asked myself the following questions: Is the gospel sweet to me?  Do I love and long for the things of the gospel?  Is there a spiritual savor and relish to the thought of and participation in communion with God?   Is my heart filled with the things of the gospel?  Or, is my heart filled with other things?  Am I distracted by, preoccupied with, or enamored with other things, whether good, bad, or indifferent?  What do I spend my time thinking about?  What do I ponder before sleep and when I wake?  What would I rather do than spend time in prayer?  What would I rather do than read and personalize God’s word?  Than meditate on God and his truth?  Than think about Christ and his glory and his salvation?  What am I drawn to?  What do I long for?  Is communion with God a sweet privilege or an unwelcome duty?  Is my heart open to receive God and all he has to offer, or is it full of other things that crowd out contemplation and enjoyment of the gospel–even make it bitter?