Till today, people haven't acknowledged the essential part fasting plays in our spiritual lives. If we understood how much fasting benefits our spiritual life, we'd make big efforts to fast as many times as we can. But what exactly is fasting? Fasting is to abstain from all food (according to dictionary.com). From a spiritual perspective, fasting is abstaining from food to starve your flesh of its desires and to yield to that of the spirit.
I sought for the gift of tongues for about two years. At some point I really gave up, blaming it on myself and my past sins. I was naive, and didn't fully understand that when God forgives your sins, He forgets them. God's time is really the best, looking back now, I'm more than grateful that the tongues came when it did because it really built my faith. But on that day, I was fasting specifically for the gift of tongues. Throughout that day, I had control over myself. I talked less and I thought before I did anything. It was like my flesh was under my subjection and I just kept meditating on God's Word. When I got home, immediately I stepped into my room, I felt the Holy Spirit. And when I knelt down to pray and released my tongues He took over. God is amazing. I found my tongue moving and I was uttering groans that words cannot express (Romans 8:26). It was too much for my soul, I was broken and drenched in tears.
I've noticed that days when I'm fasting and I come to worship my Father, I don't need to sermon the Holy Spirit. He's always there waiting for me but days when I'm not, most times I have to sing worship songs to get me in the spirit. Okay this is what fasting does. Fasting makes you dwell more in your spirit and put your flesh under subjection (1 Corinthians 9:27). It makes you starve your flesh of its desires while you yield to those of the spirit. It's like you giving up your body for God to truly work in your life. You completely disconnect from your flesh and this speeds up God's answers to your prayers. Because if you are not heeding to your flesh, you are heeding to your spirit. Now since you are after the things of the spirit, you mind the things of the spirit (Romans 8:5) and because you are not in the flesh but in the spirit the Spirit of God dwells in you (Romans 8:9).
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak (Mark 14:38). When your spirit takes over, you begin to do the will of God. Also fasting is the solution to big problems. When a situation seems out of the norm, fasting coupled with faith is the solution (Mark 9:29). Remember that before Jesus chose the twelve disciples and started His ministry here on earth, He fasted. It just goes to show how important it really is. However, don't let everyone know that you are fasting, keep it to yourself (Matthew 6:16-18). Let God alone know and He will truly bless you and come to your aid. Fasting is extremely crucial in our lives. Start today, little by little.
God Bless.
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