Food.
Amazing Right? Just imagine smashing your face into a glorious pile of raspberries, chocolate chip cookies, kombucha, margarita pizza, and MACAROONS! (sorry I got a bit excited- those are my absolute FAVORITE foods in the WORLD! ....okay lets add Haitian Patay in there too) So God gave us these foods to enjoy! So when we talk about fasting, why does God call us to abstain from food? If it is necessary for our health- why would he ask us to put our physical and mental health and happiness?
Well, God calls us to Hate our mothers and fathers in comparison to how much you love God. The same thing goes for food, he want to be (and is) more important than those raspberry macaroons and gorgeous chocolate chip cookies. He desires us to hunger for him just like we hunger for food after a long day without much food!
Now, fasting is really cool when it comes to this. It is practicing abstaining from food in order to focus on God and what he wants to say to you. It creates the opportunity for us to choose to desire God as much as we desire food.
Fasting is not necessarily only for food, it is also taking away anything that distracts you from God away, so you can focus on God!
So would you be willing to fast to know God? Would you be willing to give up social media for God? Would you be willing to give up your comfort for your relationship with Jesus?
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