Fasting can change your life! Yes! But know this, we cannot be saved by deeds of service without faith in Christ, but our faith lacks sincerity if it doesn't reach out to others. Fasting can be beneficial spiritually and physically, but at its best fasting helps only the person doing it. Don't get me me wrong, fasting is good! Great even but the Gospel is not just limited to that. Jesus did fast as well. The important thing you must ask is why? Jesus fasted to prepare Himself for His ministry that was to come. He led by example. An example we should follow. God says He wants our service to go BEYOND our own personal growth to acts of kindness, charity, justice, and generosity. What that means is that the Gospel has nothing to do with US but everything to do with Him! I laugh when certain people make the Gospel seem like it's about them and whatever what not. But that is false. True fasting is more than what we don't eat; it is pleasing God by applying His Word to our society. Please let that sink in...
Isaiah 58:6-12 “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. “If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings."
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