“And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”

(Matthew 6:16-18 ESV)

“’Yet even now,’ declares the Lord, ‘return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.’”

(Joel 2:12 ESV)

According to google, fasting is “abstinence from food or drink or both for health, ritualistic, religious, or ethical purposes. The abstention may be complete or partial, lengthy, of short duration, or intermittent.”

If you are diabetic, I do not recommend fasting very many meals. Fasting can be food, but it can also be other things. If you, for whatever reason, cannot fast meals, try snacks or soda. Or possibly TV. There’s really not anything good on anyway.

I have a friend who is starting a fast today. I think it’s a good idea. 

Fasting is a discipline of abstaining from something good, like food, so we can concentrate on our spiritual lives and find satisfaction in God. Fasting is all about a desire for God. Fasting breaks strongholds, liberates people, and moves us into a realm of realizing God’s power in our lives. The more time you’re spending with God, the more you’re going to see the hand of God on your life in an extraordinary way.

Fasting doesn’t move God; it moves us closer to Him. If you turn on the faucet and water starts running, nothing will come into your cup unless you move your cup directly under the faucet. That’s what fasting does—it moves us to be under the flow of God’s grace and power.

Fasting is a good idea. I think I will join my friend. How about you? It’s only for 3 days. 

Have a great day, everyone. 

Kathy Keller
Writer and Prayer warrior with Answers2PrayerMinistries
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