This aspect – fasting – in the
series of how to stop being buddies with sins has taken a while. One of the
reasons being that it is an aspect I struggle with. I think I have high
metabolism...:) Furthermore, it is easier for me to fast when it is declared in the
church than alone. Maybe it has to do with corporate
anointing.
I have fasted alone as an
individual but it has not become a habit. I could go for months without
fasting. Last long fasting I ever did; I had to be accountable to a friend in
order to achieve it. Now, since I struggle with it, I do not have much of my
experiences to share but I believe fasting is beneficial in helping us keep
sins and ugly habits away.
I know that the days I fasted, I
was more conscious of God as the flesh gave way for God to minister to me. I perceive fasting as that which
ensures self denial, self displeasure and self gratification. When self gives
way to the spirit, transformation can occur.
Isaiah 58: 6, 7 (The Message)
This is the kind of fast day I'm after: to break the
chains of injustice, get rid of
exploitation in the workplace, free the
oppressed, cancel debts. What I'm
interested in seeing you do is: sharing your food with the hungry, inviting
the homeless poor into your homes, putting clothes on the shivering ill-clad, being
available to your own families.
Fasting humbles, takes attention off self and helps to
break the yoke of the enemy off our lives.
What do you understand about
fasting? Is fasting only about abstaining
from food? How does fasting help you to stop being buddies with sins? Please leave a comment.
