Jesus said, “It is written: Man shall not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”
Matthew 4:4
Being sick with Covid this past week has taught me a lot with regard to my faith. Ironically, just as I challenged all of our church members to fast from something for Lent beginning Ash Wednesday February 17, I was deprived of so many mundane routines I was so accustomed to… hugging my kids, having meals with my family, or going on walks with my wife after dinner. Instead, I was binging more on social media, Netflix, or music. Don’t get me wrong, I’m very grateful I had those forms of entertainment to keep me distracted while I was sick. But I realized that I tend to binge on things that aren’t too good for me and I tend to deprive myself on things that are better for me even when I’m not sick.
This is precisely why we fast. We fast from the things of this world so that we can hold fast to the things of God. We detox ourselves from certain pleasures so that we can be more grateful for the things that we have. It has been said that “man does not live on bread alone.” But what happens to our spirits when we have too much bread?
