For 40 days Christ was alone in the wilderness and fasting while Satan tempted him. This was to be an alone time with the Father being led by the Holy Spirit. No food, just the wilderness and the occasional sounds from nature and wild animals. Can you handle alone time with God? Let’s take away the whole fasting thing. Eat. Let’s say you are in reasonable accommodations on a beach or a mountain, not the desert. Skip the electronics. No book except a Bible. No twitter or facebook or email. You have no outside connection…just you and the Almighty. Could you deal with yourself being alone with God? For one, two, three, or even forty days? Jesus maintained his focus on the Father amidst the distractions. We have different distractions. Steal that time away, and get alone with God. It won’t kill you.
