It can be difficult to fast for just a few days in the luxuries that you and I enjoy today. Think about it…our homes and workplaces are typically heated and air-conditioned; we have bathrooms and showers; and, at least this time of year, we generally have others around us who are participating in the same season of fasting. For Jesus, however, the loneliness in the vast emptiness of that harsh, barren desert must have been brutal. In that time of fasting He found strength to endure. He set the example in the wilderness for us to follow. Perhaps there are times in your life when you feel that brutal loneliness. Hang on! Though Jesus was tempted by the devil during that time, at the end God dispatched angels to tend to Him. That fact is precious to me realizing that as we fast, ministering angels are released and dispatched. We see it throughout the Word of God. When Daniel fasted and prayed, an angel brought him the answer he sought (Daniel 10). When Elijah was in the wilderness, an angel came and cooked for him. The writer of the book of Hebrews calls angels “ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation” (Hebrews 1:14).
Posted on: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 21:07:06 +0000
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