Okay, I feel like Lucille Ball on the Lucy Show. As Ricky would say, “You’ve got some splaining to do.” How can I explain fasting and frugality? To tell you the truth, it’s much more simple to explain than to do.
Fasting and frugality have to do with denying oneself the physical aspects of life to sensitize our spiritual lives. In short, we do without one thing to gain another. There, all done. Well, not quite.
The best way I can explain the principle behind both fasting and frugality is to use an analogy. When we go to the beach one of the things I enjoy doing is just sitting in the beach chair right at the water’s edge, soaking in the rays (boy that sounds good in January, doesn’t it?), and rubbing my feet in the sand. I’ve noticed that if I move the sand, leaving a hole, that the water which comes in will fill it and remain. If I do nothing the water just rushes in, moves some sand, then returns to the ocean. When we remove something from our lives by abstaining from it (food, possessions) it does leave an empty spot. Then when we encounter God, He fills that void ( I know it’s not a perfect analogy but it helps me understand). By abstaining from food or things we intentionally create the possibility for God to fill us. When we go about the same old routines nothing seems to happen.
I challenge you to try fasting and frugality. Remove those physical comforts and watch how God fills you with something so much better.
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