Fasting

We often forget that we eat constantly.

We do remember to eat 3 times, breakfast, lunch and dinner, on average.

But do we really consciously realise that we do eat 3 times each day?

When we do fasting, we realise how important and prominently place food is in our lives.

We cannot live without food.

Period.

Hunger.

When we are hungry we eat.

God says this in regards to food.

"Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."
Matthew 4:4

The word of God and food.

Food and the word of God.

If food is to our physical body.

The word of God is to our soul.

Yes, we can live on food.

But not food alone.

Our souls have spiritual hunger, too.

Whether we realise it or not,

We long for something more than food.

Food is not enough for man.

Man needs purpose.

Man needs God.

Man wants God.

Man desires God.

The word of God fills our hunger for God.

The word of God satisfies us.

The word of God is the food for our souls.

Fasting can indeed accentuate our need for God.