Hello all!
Think about the following quotation:
- “Losing doesn’t mean the same thing as stopping.” _Ben Lerner, Body by God, pg. 211.
This is a great quotation for this season. Dr. Lerner is talking about “losing weight” in this quotation. But looking at it in light of our 40-days of prayer and fasting it takes on a much deeper meaning. If you are fasting today because you are more hungry for God than you are lesser things, then you are not “losing” you are “stopping” something so that you can “start” experiencing God at a deeper level.
So don’t look at this 40-days as “losing” but starting. Starting a new level of relationship with your paramount passion and pursuit – Jesus Christ. And here’s the irony, when you drop everything and run after Jesus you also gain everything that you’ve really longed for.
So keep the faith! You’re not losing today; you’re gaining on a brand new life.
_david l. kemp
The ONE THING 