5 Days To Pray And FastSample

Fasting

Let’s take this a step further as followers of Christ. Are you inspired to take another step? One that requires application. It’s going from 101 to 201. This next step is fasting. 

Fasting is moving from intimacy with God to being hungry for God. The phrase I use is No Food, Know Prayer. Fasting is not something weird or odd, or something done only in Bible times. It has nothing to do with diet and health. It’s about our hearts. 

There’s something special about pulling back of our norm and routines to fast. Using the time we would normally spend eating to seek God. Allowing our rumbling in our stomach be a hunger for Him. We turn to food for comfort and all sorts of stuff, but we’ve got to be able to show God we want deeper walks with Him. 

Fasting is letting go of a physical need for a spiritual plea. It’s hungering for something higher. It’s symbolic for the hunger in our stomach. Fasting is referenced over 70 times in the Bible. When we fast, our hunger aches become our prayer aches. 

Fasting is a sacrifice. It should be a sacrifice! Let me say something that is completely incorrect in our aspect of Christianity in our day and age. Christianity involves sacrifice. It involves suffering at times. In this small place of sacrifice we are telling the Lord that our hearts desire something bigger. We are saying that we want more than a hamburger, we want Him to move in our lives. You may think, “of course we want God more than a burger,” but wait until you miss and hunger for food. That’s the sacrifice. 

Fasting is a statement saying, We’re more than physical beings, we are spiritual beings. It elevates the heavenly needs over the earthly needs. It’s not only about removing food but adding prayer. Using your cravings and meal time as prayer time. Dining over true heavenly bread.