Your Word is a Lamp....

Why do we fast?  To get God’s attention…to bend His Arm…to earn His favor…?  No: Because of the Cross of Jesus Christ, we don’t need to try any of this.  So why then do we fast?   ~To refine us - For the Lord to teach us that “man does not live by bread alone, but by every Word of God”…That we would not look to things of this world (what we see,hear, taste, smell, touch) to sustain us, but that we would look to Jesus Christ - who is The Word…our manna from Heaven. (2Cor 4:18; John6:25-58)  ~To refocus us - That our attention would not be on the things of this world to satisfy us…but to the things of God. Because the things of this world are passing away, but the things of God are eternal. (1John2:15-17)  ~To reprogram us - That we would not be controlled by every demand and desire of the flesh, but that we would be controlled by the Spirit, turning to God as our first and only source. (Romans 8:5-11)  ~To humble us - To get our attention back to the Sacrifice of His Son…for His Glory

A Tail of Two Covenants   Genesis 15:1-6  After these things the word of the  Lord  came to Abram in a vision:  “Fear not, Abram, I am  your shield; your reward shall be very great.”  2  But Abram said, “O Lord  God , what will you give me, for I continue  childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”  3  And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and  a member of my household will be my heir.”  4  And behold, the word of the  Lord came to him: “This man shall not be your heir;  your very own son  shall be your heir. 5  And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” 6 And he believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness. (Genesis 15:5-6) This scene marks the birthplace of a Covenant of pure Grace - which all believers understand, will be fulfilled through the death and resurrection of The Seed of Abraham: Jesus Christ of Nazare