The Role of Fasting in Communion with God
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Lesson
The essence of fasting is hunger for God. Bread magnifies Christ in two ways: by being eaten with gratitude for his goodness, and by being forfeited out of hunger for God himself. When we eat, we taste the emblem of our heavenly food – the Bread of Life. And when we fast we say, “I love the Reality above the emblem.” In the heart of the saint both eating and fasting are worship. Both magnify Christ. Both send the heart – grateful and yearning – to the Giver. Each has its appointed place and each has its danger. The danger of eating is that we fall in love with the gift; the danger of fasting is that we belittle the gift and glory in our will-power.
Outline
Fasting
Foundational Texts for the Practice of Fasting
The Newness of Our Fasting Is This
What Do We Long for and Experience in This New Fasting?
The Essence of Fasting: Hunger for God