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God’s Word says we must be Mastered only by Christ and nothing else.
The evidence of being brought under the power of something is that we need it to make it through our day. What do you need to make it through the day? That will be a list of the items that have cast their influential mastering power across your life.
What pushes out your hunger for experiencing the intimacy of fellowship with the Lord in your life? Do you seek food first? Entertainment first? The latest news first? The status of your investments first? The web and your computer first? The television, radio, and music first? Your collections, investments, shopping first? Your sports, bodybuilding, and health needs first? All of these are alone good and worthy of time but not at God’s expense, He is to be sought first and deepest of all!
Biblical Fasting uncovers and exposes whatever it is that has mastered our lives in place of Christ.
1 Corinthians 6:12 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
The more we experience intimacy in fellowship with Jesus Christ the more we hunger for Him, and the greater our longings become to be with Him in Heaven. Then we see our focus in our lives begin to change, the more we long for our Great God and Savior:
The Greater becomes our Looking for our Bridegroom’s Return from Heaven
The Greater becomes our Hating any beachhead of sin in our lives,
The Greater becomes our Investing our time is Christ’s Body, His Church,
The Greater becomes our seeking the Evangelizing of Lost People around the World,
The Greater becomes our Sensing of Satan’s Lies in the Media and Culture of this World,
The Greater becomes our Asking for God’s Kingdom to Come on Earth,
The Greater becomes our Walking each day Pleasing God,
The Greater becomes our desire to be filled with the Knowledge of God’s Will
And on and on it goes into our lives. Actually, anything less than this growing surrender to the Lord through spiritual hungering and thirsting after God, means that our appetite has been ruined through all the little things that have filled us up. It means we have neglected the greatest food – Our Father and His Kingdom for the lesser food of His gifts in life. That spells spiritual famine, weakness, and failure.
Jesus warned that a great enemy to His children would be “desires for other things” (Mark 4:19). Jesus left us with the only weapon that will lead us into a victorious deepening hunger for intimacy and daily fellowship with our Creator. That weapon is Biblical fasting and we can measure our hunger level for God by our hunger after those other things. God is only glorified by seeking Him first!