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No Time For Fasting? “A fasting investment will result in improved health, increased energy and focused living, paying a time-dividend in years of productivity.”
Fasting Protects From
Making Time-wasting Bad Choices Being disconnected from our dreams and goals will result in making time-wasting choices. Decisions made in haste are often reaction-based, and will be far less effective than choices made with thought and prayer. Therefore, even though busy people feel as though they do not have time to slow down and go deep, the very opposite is true. If you are like me—a highly driven person—you can’t afford not to take this time on a regular basis. Think of it as cleaning out the time-clutter of choiceless actions that can so quickly accumulate in our daily doing. Dysfunctional relationships, saying yes when you should be saying no, committing to time-wasting obligations, and even addictive behaviors, can latch on like parasites because you are too busy to notice them. You see it all the time in your friends. How many people are wasting years of their lives on useless endeavors or dysfunctional relationships because they didn't stop long enough to ask the hard questions? They raced ahead and lived according to their emotions. Slowing down during a fast and going deep on yourself is a perfect way to guard your life from time-robbing clutter, resulting in a renewed focus, and in reconciling actions with your goals and dreams but, even more important, with your God-given destiny. The result will be a wonderful feeling of deep satisfaction. I need to keep reminding myself that even though reducing the work output of a few weeks, once the fast is done, I will be more connected to what I am doing in the first place. Being more connected helps me avoid getting off track, which is a big time waster. It's in the stillness that we reconnect again to our spiritual selves, which is the part of us that is connected to God.
Being Sick Takes Time As I got older, I noticed that the people around me talked a lot about doctors’ appointments, hospital waiting rooms, and worrying over test results. Many of them were obese, out of shape, and obviously living on a meat and processed carbs diet. These are the same people who tell me they do not have time to fast or eat healthily. Yet, I find that investing in your health will free up time to do the things you love instead of lying in bed sick or sitting in the hospital waiting room.
Greater Energy Means
Increased Productivity Next time you’re considering fasting but think you do not have the time, remember: making wise choices, having less down time in the form of sickness, and enjoying increased energy, will give back years of high-quality, productive time, with the added bonus of feeling good,body, soul, and spirit. e |
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In
talking to busy parents, business owners, and overworked pastors, the most
common protest I hear against the idea of fasting is, “I would love to fast
but I simply don’t have the time.” Well, think again. Slowing down your life
long enough to invest in a fast will pay off 100-fold by adding years of
high-quality, productive time to your life. Here are three simple reasons
why fasting is a smart time investment for your future, whether you are
trying to run a household, business, church, or all three at once. 
detoxification, healing, colon