When Jesus was to be crucified, He was taken to a hill outside of the city known as Golgotha. The name Golgotha means “the place of the Skull” in Aramaic, and translated into Latin we get “Calvary.” I find it interesting that the ultimate victory over sin and death
was staged at the place of the skull. That reconfirms to me that we will never be truly victorious in our own lives until we have victory in the place of the skull—our mind and thoughts.
Once we are born-again, Paul warns that we are no longer to submit and conform to this world, but we are to “be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God” (Romans 12:2).
We can either submit to God or submit to the world. It is one or the other. Whatever fills our thought life is what will eventually become the reality of our daily life. Are your thoughts on things above (Colossians 3:2)? Or is your mind full of things of this world?
Fasting is a choice to break the allure of the world as we put our flesh under submission to the will of God. Especially on an extended fast, you will discover that time spent fasting, praying and meditating on God’s Word cleanses and purifies your heart and focuses your thoughts on things above rather than the stuff of this world.
As you continue to fast and pray, continue to renew your mind in His Word. “Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good
report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things” (Philippians 4:8).
