One of my favorite scriptures on fasting is found in Acts 13:2-3, “As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.’ Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.”
The Holy Spirit will begin to speak to you about your purpose and your destiny when you fast and pray. God has a specific destiny planned for you, one that your choices and your response to Him will unlock. Fasting is an intentional choice to press into the depths of God’s heart to hear His plans and move forward in your divine destiny in the power of His Spirit.
I never cease to be amazed by how God can connect people to accomplish His purposes.
Through the power of the Holy Spirit, God gives men and women talents, gifts, discernment and insight that—when brought together with what has been given to someone else—can change the world.
That is what the fast that God has chosen accomplishes. It breaks the bondages and limitations off of your life so that God can release His power through you to help others.
God chooses a fast that loosens bonds of wickedness, lifts heavy burdens, frees those who are oppressed and breaks every yoke.
There is a list of ordinary people in the eleventh chapter of the book of Hebrews who did extraordinary things for God because they never lost the vision, and they refused to turn back even in the worst of times. When you follow God, not everybody will go with you.
Go with God when He is calling you out of your comfort zone. Continue to trust Him to lead and guide you into the purposes and plans that He has for your life.
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