EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 5/6/2026
9:09 PM
My
Worship Time Focus: “My Remarks on Fasting”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Luke
4:1-2
Message of the verses: “Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned
from the Jordan and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty
days, being tempted by the devil. And He
ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He became hungry.
Now before I begin to look at these verses I want to
write about something that I think is very important. Now I worked at the Ford Motor Company’s
Cleveland Plant in Cleveland Ohio for 34 years, and retired when I was 52 years
old on June 30th, 1999. I
became a believer on January 26, 1974, and it was my desire to do something
after I retired, and that something was fasting. I read many books about fasting, as there are
different kinds of fasting, but the one that I wished to do was to go
completely without food. I did this
first fast in Michigan where my future son-in-law lived as his family had an
older rustic cabin in the woods. I
learned that the best way to fast is to cut your eating down a little bit at a time in order to prepare your
body for your upcoming fast. I did that
and on the last day before the fast I had a light lunch. The purpose of doing this was to lean your
body from food so that when you began to fast you were not hungry. That system worked for me even though this
first fast of mine was not very long, about 10 days. Now the reason I bring my experience up is to
write about what I think Jesus’ fast was all about. The one thing I did while fasting was to
drink a lot of water, and I do believe that Jesus did drink a lot of water while
he fasted too, but I have no proof of that, but I do know that you can go a
very long time without food, but only three days, maybe four days without
water. I know if you are doing a fast
for a long period of them you will not be hungry, but when you body lets you
know that you are hungry again that is when you must eat or you will then
starve yourself to death. Now we know
that Jesus had a perfect body as He did not have a sin nature like everyone
else has who has been born. Jesus, it
says faster for forty days and then He became hungry, and that meant He had to
have food to eat or He will starve to death, which in His case would not
happen. It is my belief, as stated
earlier that Jesus drank water, as also stated I can’t prove He did, but one
can not go without water, and if I understand things about Jesus, that would mean
going without water would mean He would be doing something that no man can do,
so that is why I believe He had a source of water. One more thing, and that is in one of the
books I was reading about fasting it told the story of a man who went around
six months without eating, but of course did drink water. This man must have been very heavy when he
began his fast and was using up that weight in order to keep his body
working. Fasting is something that is
good for you if you know what you are doing.
If you desire to fast then get some good books on how to fast in order
to help you with your fast. My mind was
very clear while I was fasting and that is another benefit of fasting. I did another fast later on, and that one
lasted about a month, and the only thing I changed was to drink one class of
tomato juice each day. I guess there is
one more thing I want to write about and that if you are a believer fasting can
become something that is spiritual for you.
If you are wanting an answer from the Lord over something important to
you then fasting can help you to focus on that desire more clearly.
I will begin to look at these verses
in tomorrow mornings SD in order not to have to start and stop my progress in
looking at these verses.
5/6/2026
9:45 PM
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