It's kind of funny that today's reading encompassed the following verses:
16:29 “On the tenth day of the appointed month in early autumn, you must spend the day fasting and not do any work.30 On this day, atonement will be made for you, and you will be cleansed from all your sins in the Lord’s presence. 31 It will be a Sabbath day of total rest, and you will spend the day in fasting. This is a permanent law for you.
Yesterday was a day of fasting for our church. Although I did it, it wasn't the day that I wanted. I had too much to do to get ready for our trip to SF and to get ready for a committee meeting for Scouts last night. So I spent the day fasting, but also working. I don't think that is God's intent for fasting. I think it is a day to fast from food and to seek Him. So, for now, although I did the physical fast, it wasn't the 'spiritual awakening' that I had wanted. In the 'mud season' I am going to get away into the mountains by myself to do a 'real' fast - where I seek Him during the fast with no obligations or interruptions. It will have been a long time since I have truly done that.
Everything in God's Word points to Christ. His thread of redemption is woven throughout, as shown in this next segment.
17:11 For the life of the body is in its blood. I have given you the blood on the altar to purify you, making you right with the Lord. It is the blood, given in exchange for a life, that makes purification possible.
It is the blood, Christ's blood shed for us, that brings atonement/forgiveness of our sins. Thanks be to God for His unspeakable gift.
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I personally need contact with people, because they help me to see God. I couldn't do a fast alone also. I need support and someone who I can skip lunch with and pray. I couldn't sit with people at lunch, and not eat anything. I am a social Christian, not shallow. I want deep relationships with others that allow me to get deep with God.
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