Hungry.
You know you want it.
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On the days I fast, I think a lot about food. Not like salad or beans. I mean, real food. Like pizza.
Remember in the garden when Eve saw that the fruit was good, so she took and ate (Gen. 3:6)? I have heard whispers lately telling me to see, take, and eat. Nothing crazy, mind you. Not heroin. Just things I normally think are small. For instance: I saw my coworker disrespecting me, I took the opportunity to tell him off, and then I ate humble pie when the Lord reminded me of my desire to love and prompted me to apologize (this did not happen, it’s an example).
How about you? Are you getting any promptings to “take and eat” the wrong thing?
Fasting many times uncovers things that are just below the surface. Desires, thoughts, patterns. And while we’re growing stronger in the Lord, we’re also more susceptible to the whispers of the enemy.
As I explore what it means to live a fasted life, I don’t want to see a situation, take matters into my own hands, and eat a meal of regret. Instead of listening to the serpent who tells me to see, take, and eat, I want to sit at the Lord’s table.
He holds up the bread and says, “Take, eat. This is My body, broken for you, do this in remembrance of Me.”
We’re hungry for You, Lord. Fill us up.
In Jesus’ Matchless Name, amen.
Lit
Humans emit light—did you know?
Did you know you are a natural source of light? It’s true—when you have time, search this: humans emit light. You’ll find scientific studies that show that we as humans “glitter”, mostly from our faces. You ever notice that when you’re eating right and exercising, your appearance seems to glow? That’s because our metabolism heightens the amount of light we release.
When Jesus said that we are the light of the world, I believe He meant it figuratively. Or did He? Whenever Moses met with God, everyone knew it because his face glowed afterward.
Literally and figuratively, we are light sources for our world. The closer we are to Jesus, the more brightly we shine from the inside out.
In this last week of the fast, continue to give God space. As we commit to knowing Him better as a Body, our lights will merge, and we’ll truly become that city on a hill that can’t be hidden.
Father, let our lights shine so much that others see it, and they glorify YOU! We love You, Lord. In Jesus’ Matchless Name, amen.