Fasting From What’s Eating Our Consecration – OpEd

I am stuck on why we have made fasting so narrow. We talk about giving up food for a few days, maybe coffee during Lent, and call it spiritual discipline. But what if we are missing the bigger picture? What if fasting was never just about what we put in our mouths but about what we allow to consume our hearts and minds?

Scripture paints a much broader canvas. When Ezra needed God’s guidance for a dangerous journey, he called for a fast. When Daniel wanted to strengthen his prayers, he fasted.