Fasting takes truths like “Man shall not live on bread alone, but every Word that comes from the mouth of God.” songs like, “you are more than enough for me, ” and Psalms like “there is nothing in the world I desire besides you,” and checks to see if you can actually say those words. Are those actually truth in you life or are they just words you are saying. Fasting gives up some of the good things of this world to see if you are starting to desire those things more than God and His Word. It might be harder to let go of those things than you thing and those words you have heard and been singing aren’t really true in your life at all.
Just as fasting has a way of revealing what your heart has fallen in love with. It also has a way of striping those things away so that you can fall in love with the giver of them all. this give is so much better than his gifts and fasting can increase your hunger for God. It can be painful at firstas you rely and hunger for those gifts more than you realized. The more you fast soon you will be able to say like Jesus, “I have bread you don’t know about.” with the the Psalmist. “You are better than life. ” The truths you thought you knew will have been experienced and you will know they are true.
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