Fasting is an act of submission. It is to make subject those parts of us that rule by nature, to disrupt their reign in preference to the superior Lordship, knowledge and desire of God. Through fasting we seek to express our desperate desire to know and hear God and to learn and implement His desires for us: obedience. In some sense, to open the eyes and ears of our hearts we must momentarily silence the contrary and distracting screaming of our flesh.

As we fast we communicate that physical provision and abundance are utter loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Jesus Christ our Lord. Food sustains life? Our hands work to provide? No, God sustains all! In times that we sense great need to commune with God out of desperation, joy, sorrow, and repentance, we do well to do so with undivided intentionality. Whether our own devotion demands or the Comforter commands, fasting is an invaluable tool to enhance our ears' receptivity to God through singularity of mind and spirit.

Fasting can bring breakthroughs in the spiritual realm that will never happen in any other way! It is a means of God's grace and blessing that should not be neglected any longer. Now is the time for all to hear the voice of Christ to obey His exhortation, and surely His foundation of such a practice.