Fasting is often spoken of as a spiritual discipline that brings power, clarity, and breakthrough. And it does. But before it ever produces strength, fasting first reveals truth.
Fasting has a way of stripping us down—not just physically, but emotionally and spiritually. When the noise of constant eating, comfort, and routine is removed, something uncomfortable happens: what has been buried in our souls rises to the surface.
When the body is hungry, the heart begins to speak.
Irritability. Impatience. Anger. Anxiety. Pride. Control. Fear. Old wounds. Unforgiveness.
These emotions don’t suddenly appear because of fasting, they were already there. Fasting simply removes the distractions we use to numb or suppress them. Food, entertainment, scrolling, and comfort often act as silencers for unresolved issues. When those silencers are gone, the soul becomes loud.
This is not failure.
This is revelation.
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalm 139:23–24
Fasting invites God to search us more deeply.
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