Kenneth Copeland — Fast and FeastPosted by admin on November 11th, 2010
“Oh, but Brother Copeland, my spirit hasn’t been in very good shape lately. I’ve been too tired to read my Bible or go to church. All I’ve had the energy to do is lie around and watch television.” Well then, you’re in trouble.
To get out of that trouble, start feeding the man of faith on the inside of you. Set aside some of the physical food you’ve been chewing on and sink your spiritual teeth into the Word of God.
Take a day or two to fast in your body and feast in your spirit!
Fasting helps give your spirit man a rest. All the physical operations of the body drain energy from the spirit. You have many involuntary physical functions, for example, that go to work every time you eat a meal. Those functions take a toll on the spirit. They drain your generator. When you fast, you give your spirit a break.
That’s why it’s good every once in a while to fast a few meals and just be quiet. Don’t do anything. Don’t put any pressure on. Just be still. Go get back in bed and turn your tapes on, read your Bible for a few hours and sip a little fruit juice.
Shut down all the physical functions you can and feed on the Word. You don’t even have to pray. Just be still for a while and know that God is God. Let the Word rejuvenate your spirit man. When you do pray during that time, pray in the spirit. Relax in God’s presence.
There’s an old religious cliché that used to be especially popular among ministers. “We’re just going to burn ourselves out for God,” they’d say. That’s not what God wants. That’s what the devil wants! He would love to see you just work yourself until you “burn out” and die. He’d kick up his heels at your funeral!
Don’t give him that opportunity. Take the time to feed your inner man so you won’t “burn out.” Keep feeding your spirit until you increase your strength. Burn brighter and stronger every year.
Be transformed from glory to glory by “beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord” (2 Corinthians 3:18). Increase the wattage of your spiritual generator by spending time focusing on the Lord. Take your focus off the things of the world and look at Him. Begin to work with Him instead of just for Him.
Kenneth Copeland Ministries