Fasting without the intention to seek God isn’t fasting.
It’s merely skipping a meal for some reason.
We don’t fast to earn something; we fast to make a connection with our supernatural God,
We are cleaning out the “pipe” that connects us to the anointing of God.
Mahesh Chavda
In Shansi I found Chinese Christians who were accustomed to spend time in fasting and prayer.
They recognized that this fasting, which so many dislike,
which requires faith in God, since it makes one feel weak and poorly,
is really a Divinely appointed means of grace.
Perhaps the greatest hindrance to our work is our own imagined strength;
and in fasting we learn what poor, weak creatures we are –
dependent on a meal of meat for the little strength which we are so apt to lean upon.”
Hudson Taylor
In the midst of our routines, fasting is a reminder that it’s not about us.
