Get Thee Behind Me Slushy!!!

11 Jan 2011 1 Comment

by gracehumilty in Uncategorized

So today is day 2 of a 21 day fast that our church is doing together.  We have all chosen to fast something, some have chosen to fast several things including television and Facebook.  I have fasted before but not in a while so I was very excited about doing this.  I have chosen to fast meat and sweets.  Anyone who knows me knows that I have a HUGE sweet tooth.  I will forgo dinner in order to have more desert   So, the decision to give up my favorite food group for 21 days was not a fun one to make but I knew right away that I needed to give it up.  It’s funny how before the fast officially started I already had an idea of what things I was going to have to pass up for the coming 3 weeks but as soon as Day 1 hit  I found myself asking Thomas if a Sonic Slushywas considered a sweet.  And it seems kind of funny at first but as the night went on I kept replaying that question in my head and I found myself very convicted over it.  God started speaking to me over a silly thing like a watermelon slushy. Earlier in the day I was doing my devotional for our women’s Bible study and one of the scriptures was about Jesus at the end of His 40 day fast.  The Devil came to Him and not only tempted Him but also antagonized Him.  And in the face of a physical hunger that I cannot fathom, Jesus stood His ground and passed that test.  As I meditated on that passage from Matthew 4 I started to feel very foolish…..no, I felt more than foolish, I felt embarrassed.  Not even 24 hours into a 21 day fast from sweets I was already trying to compromise in my decision and see how much I could get away with.  After that really sunk in I didn’t think about sweets for the rest of the night.  I also found it pretty easy to get through today without feeling like I was missing something.  I know that it won’t be this easy for the remainder of the time but I pray that God will continue to speak to me daily about dying to myself and pressing into Him more in order to experience a new level of intimacy with Him.  While the conviction was not comfortable I feel grateful and blessed to have been able to hear Him speaking to me so loudly and quickly.  This is going to be a very interesting 19 days.  Along with the fast, there is a group of women from our women’s group that is joining me in a Bible reading plan to read the entire Bible in 90 days.  I felt that in order for me to really get something solid from this period of time that will change my life I had to do more that just give up something.  I needed to put God in the space that I’m creating by giving up something else.  Now it may seem like a lot of reading, and on some days it will feel like a lot but I am determined to make it all the way through!! I invite you guys to join me in the reading plan also. I plan to blog through this whole experience which hopefully will also get me into the habit of blogging more often.  I have a lot to say….but I’m sure that most of you already knew that

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