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The Fast That Changed Everything
There was a young woman in college who had a deep hunger for God. Though her schedule was intense, she had disciplined herself to eat just one meal a day—not for health reasons, but out of a desire to stay focused on the Lord. She wanted to fast, but one meal a day was all she could manage at the time. It became a pattern she grew comfortable with. She even lost a good amount of weight, which seemed like a bonus. Still, she had never been able to go a full day without food.
After college, things shifted. She wasn’t as busy anymore, but oddly, it became harder to even maintain that simple one-meal routine. She began to feel a prompting: to spend extended time in the Word, to read through the entire Bible, and to allow the truth of Scripture to wash out anything secular education may have subtly planted. She committed herself to days of reading and praying in the Spirit.
And once again, she tried to fast. Continue reading
