What is fasting? you may wonder,and what are thr benefits of fasting? Here are some insights. Fasting is sacrificing the delicacies in your life to honor God. Unfortunately most people honor God only when they want something but whatever our reasons may be God is glorified and the devil is horrified. The next question you may be asking is why the devil is horrified. Well this may be the easiest question I have to answer. The devil is horrified because he remembers that when our Lord and Savior walked on the earth, Jesus fasted and he came out more powerful and spiritually inclined.

Children of God, it is of the ut-most importance to fast because when we do we walk in the power and authority like Jesus Christ. We can exercise our God-given authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall, by any means, hurt us (Luke 10 :19). It is sad when a Christian walks around defeated because they don’t know or understand the power that they have.

Fasting tells and shows God, not people, that we love Him, and are willing to sacrifice or give up certain things for a period of time,(which is between you and God). For example certain types of food that you absolutely love, or television, this is a good one – the internet (if it’s not for His use or to honor Him), how about gossiping, or idle chatter, wow! There are so many things we could give up that we adore just to honor God.

Remember this is not something you tell everyone, this is personal between you and God. It is when you broadcast it all over the globe that you become a hypocrite and lose your reward (Matthew 6 :16-18). Fasting allows the true Christian to bring their body or flesh under subjection and eliminate the flesh with its lust and deadly desires. This is how and when James 4:7 take root and is activated, because you submit to God and resist the devil, so he has to flee, like he fled from Jesus(Matthew 4 :1-11).

How many of us as Christians really fast? Do you know and understand the crippling effect it has on the enemy? Daniel fasted, David fasted, and Jesus did too. So as believers why aren’t you? God is not worth it? If His only begotten son fasted, you are certainly no exception, or maybe you don’t love Him (God) enough. Come on children of God it’s time to take God serious, in these latter days, we need to be prayed up and fasting.

Now let me let you in on a secret, when you are on a fast, it is the best time to study the Bible; to be on your knees constantly praying, because you will hear His voice clearly, and know His will, intentions and plans for your life. Don’t forget just like Jeremiah, in Jeremiah 1 :5, He ( God) knew us before we were born. So are you for God or not? Are you interested in knowing God, then accept His gift of His only begotten son (Jesus Christ) John 3:16-17.

Just go to the top of this blog, click on to the salvation page, and follow the instructions. All glory, praise, honor, and thanks go to God, for using me to get His message out to us. May His grace, mercy, and truth be yours, and may He give you spiritual wisdom, knowledge and discernment when you read His word, in Jesus’ name, Amen.