But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Matthew 6:33
“Fasting, according to the signification of the word, is abstinence from food. Now food makes us neither more righteous nor less. But mystically it shows that, as life is maintained in individuals by sustenance, and want of sustenance is the token of death; so also ought we to fast from worldly things, that we may die to the world, and after that, by partaking of divine sustenance, live to God.”
Theodotus in Selections from the Prophetic Scriptures.
Paula Mendoza, Ereny Monir, and I arrived safely in Panama yesterday evening from El Salvador. If you want a copy of our GTP trip report from work in that country, reply to this email. Happy to share.
Upon arrival in hot and humid Panama, our hosts graciously collected us at the airport. After I finished an online meeting, our team got dinner just before the COVID curfew shut the city down.
Today, as requested by influential Christian ministry workers, we do a training on The Sower: Redefining the Ministry of Raising Kingdom Resources. Many people here have been studying it in Spanish.
Pray for fruitful discussions. To be a sower requires us to trust that God will care for us. This is what divine sustenance is all about: knowing that God will sustain us when we trust in Him.
The converse is also true: “want of sustanence is the token of death.” Or in plain terms, expecting things to sustain you will not position you to experience life according to God’s design. Choose to live to God.