Whenever someone mentions fasting, our minds instantly go to what we have to remove from our lives if we’re going to participate. Which is relevant, because obviously, fasting isn’t fasting unless we are removing something we long for. Whether that’s food for our bodies, or some kind of technology based entertainment. Yes, fasting requires us to take some things out, for the purpose of creating room for what we are adding in. The removal of food, technology, purposeless distractions and so on, is a great start, but that alone is not the goal of fasting. If all we do is remove food, then all we are going to get is a change of diet. If all we do is remove technology, then all we are going to get is a change in our lifestyle. The purpose of fasting, like any other spiritual discipline, is the transformation of our lives.

 

— Lotty Lott, Senior Pastor of LifeHouse Church