St Peter’s mission has been called into a season of 40 Days
of Fasting. We’re asking for God to give us, as a community of
faith, direction as to our future; but also enliven many other aspects of our
spiritual life such as deepen our faith, our worship experience, to
move in our city- just to name a few.
On one occasion when I had abstained from food to use that
time for prayer, I was experiencing a lot of hunger pains. Silly is it
not? I was only missing one meal of the day but my body was so
used to receiving food as certain times of day it started complaining and
demanding FEED ME NOW!
Physical hunger pains tell us we need food. Jesus, in
his 40 days in the wilderness before his ministry officially began, told satan
: "It is written: 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every
word that comes from the mouth of God.'" (Matthew 4:4) So what
are my hunger pains when I have missed a prayer time of feasting on God’s word?
They are not as pronounced. Yet, the danger to our soul is so much
greater when we fast from God’s word.
May God develop “hunger pains” in my soul when I miss a
daily meal at His table.
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