Mat 4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Mat 4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
Mat 4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
Mat 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
It was more important for Jesus to pray and to be connected to God the Father then it was to eat. The reason for fasting is to deprive the desires of the flesh and to go deeper in hearing and speaking to the invisable God. His Spirit speaks to our spirit. Forty days is about the limit of the bodies ability to survive not eating. The devil temped Jesus to command the stones to become bread. Jesus, the Son of God was able to do this. Later he would feed the five thousand bread and fish by his devine commands. He did not want to follow the commands of satan, nor should we. Satan offers us fleshly delights that may bring satisfaction for a moment, but always there is a price to pay. We must learn to follow the words of God rather then the temptations of the devil. The child of God out of fellowship with God is most miserable.
Mar 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Mar 8:37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
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