那時你求告,耶和華必應允,你呼求,他必說:「我在這裡」(以賽亞書五十八章9節)寫這本書的目的和禱告,是希望喚醒一種對神為了所有人的喜樂而在凡事上居首位活」的飢渴,禁食證實了這飢渴的存在,並火上加油地使人更佳飢渴。它是我們靈命追求的強化劑,它也是一個忠心的僕役,幫助我們脫離那些無害事物的致命束縛。
基督徒禁食的根源來自一種渴慕神的思鄉之情。
基督徒禁食故事的一半是:當我們對神的渴想極為強烈的時候,我們會失去了肉身的胃口。故事的另一半則是:強烈的屬肉體的食慾也會威脅到我們對神的渴慕。前一部分,我們失去了食慾;後一部分,我們要抵制食慾。前一半說的是我們屈服在一種更崇高的饑渴,後一半說的是,我們為了更崇高的饑渴而與另一種饑渴奮爭。
基督徒禁食不只是一個由於對神的超然滿足而自然流露的結果,它更是一個特選的武器,可以用來對付所有能奪去我們從神得到滿足的力量。如果你不是那麼強烈地渴求神的榮耀被彰顯,並不是因為你已經渴得很多並十分滿足了,反而是因為你在世界的筵席上滋滋品味太久了。
你的靈魂被許多微小的事物充滿,以至沒有空間容納那更偉大的。這不是神創造我們的目的,我們每一個人的心中都有對神的飢渴,而且都可以被喚醒。作者邀請你轉身遠離食物那使人麻木的作用,和拜偶像的危險,在禁食的時候獻上這句簡短的禱告:「神啊!我如此需要你!」
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