"Weight of Glory" is now read as an essay though it first was a talk that Lewis gave at a church in Oxford, England, in 1941. Maybe part of the reason why it is popular is its unusual approach: the argument for God from desire.
Everyone has probably had the experience of greatly desiring something and getting it - but then finding it disappointing, not the satisfaction that you hoped.
It's a common thing, and Lewis thought it could be a clue to what we're made for: this world is not our ultimate home and our deepest longings can't be fulfilled by earthly pleasures but only in fellowship with God.
" . . nearly every description [in the New Testament] of what we shall ultimately find if we [deny ourselves and follow Christ] contains an appeal to desire. . Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased."
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