Fasting: The 3 F’s
As a church, The Village Church, we are fasting for 10 days to seek to know God more and to quiet all of the distractions in our lives to allows space to get alone with Him.
I am fasting: Facebook, food, and fashion.
Facebook:
I am most distracted by my pride, idols, and desires through the avenue of Facebook. I spend a ridiculous amount of time on Facebook seeking affirmation and attention but ultimately satisfaction.
Food:
I have never been one to deny myself any kind of food. Having a fast metabolism allows me to hide my addiction to food. But it does not excuse the fact that I have a lustful appetite for food and an uncontrollable desire to fulfill that lust. And this attitude manifest itself in other areas of my life in the form of entitlement and the “Me First” attitude instead of the “Me Last” attitude that I am called to by Jesus.
Fashion:
I spend a considerable amount of thought into almost each outfit I wear to receive attention for being trendy, unique, and cute. I take a considerable amount of pride in my appearance and hold it as an idol in my heart. An idol that I am (almost) unwilling to relinquish to pick of my cross fully. An idol that has become an identity.
These are all drinking from wells to seek satisfaction outside of the Lord and anyone who has tasted the sweet Well of the Lord’s knows that all others are full of sand that leaves us thirstier and even more unsatisfied.
Fasting is a process. Here is mine.
