Today we are going to talk about fasting and how if we have the revelation of fasting it will be much more pleasurably to fast. Most often I think we dread fasting because we are so focused on how bad it feels to go without —especially food.
So here is the revelation of the pleasure of fasting. God was showing me that He longs to have alone time with us -that is His idea of fasting. He said He is jealous of all the things we give our time and attention to, and He wants alone time with us.
We don't make alone time for Him because we don't understand that He needs time with us to do His work in our lives. He said His point is not to starve us but to feed us. But because we're so focused on the food, not having it, we miss the point of fasting — which is to be with Him and let Him love us.
If God is asking you to fast what He is saying is I want alone time with you. I want to hang out with you, dine with you and fulfill our relationship —to the fullest, to overflowing.Have you ever been around someone who makes you feel good, even special? Then when you leave from that place you are on top of the world? That is what God wants for you, for you to know your worth with HIm. He wants to love you and build you up, not make you uncomfortable. He wants you to long to be with Him, not escape from Him.
The thing is when we abstain from food and our overactive life, our focus will be on Him. If our focus is on Him and His want of our time, we won't even be hungry for physical food.
When I hang out with God and I don't eat much I feel wonderful! But as soon as I start overfeeding my flesh again, I start feeling down. Then when I get back to my fast I am good again.
Do I fast everyday? Kind of and most days, yes. Did I realize what I was doing until today, no. God has taught me to be a light eater so that I can be aware of His presence. He calls it a fasted life. It is a life where you are just eating things in small portions and not eating things rich in fats. Daniel did a 21 day fast, and he was stronger than the king's men the Bible tells us. We too can be stronger and healthier and closer to God.
God is jealous for us and wants to be with us all the time. Will you be so jealous for Him? Will you will put all aside for Him all the time?
Matthew 9:14Then the disciples of John came to Jesus, inquiring, Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, [that is, abstain from food and drink as a religious exercise], but Your disciples do not fast? 15 And Jesus replied to them, Can the wedding guests mourn while the bridegroom is still with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.