Jul 30 2008
“Break Fast”
So for the past three days I’ve been under going a fast with some new friends at Awaken. On Sunday I did a complete water fast. Monday and Tuesday I did a Daniel fast. It’s been about 6 days since I have eaten any meat. I feel absolutely great! I’ve never been able to think so clearly in my life. I feel like Paul when he had scales fall off of his face and he was able to see.
Since this was the first fast that I have ever under taken I was very careful. I drank lots and lots of water. I felt my body go through a full detox. I suffered a head ache on Sunday night that hasn’t really gone away until this morning. Lots of toxins in my body were released. I am probably the healthiest I have been in years now. The average American eats about 10 lbs. of chemicals, pesticides and preservatives every year. These are stored in your body! 10 lbs!!! Can you believe that? It blows my mind how unhealthy we are. Considering we live in the wealthiest nation in the world.
I can not tell you how rewarding it was. The Lord really spoke to me on Sunday night during a prayer gathering. I truly understand what it means to know that real food will not sustain us. I felt him saying that as I hungered for food that he wanted me to physically and emotionally hunger for him in that way. I could literally feel his love covering me.
I never realized that when a BIG decision in the bible was made, it was made with prayer and fasting. Jesus said “when you pray“, “when you give“, and “when you fast“. Fasting was part of the trio.
I loved hearing it explained that praying, giving, and fasting are a chord. A standard chord cannot be formed with out 3 pitches. You need 3 pitches to form a triad. Ironically, if you have two pitches you could assume that you know what the chord is. If you hear the notes C and E played, you could assume that it is a C major chord. Although without a third, there is no definitive truth to it being a C chord. If you do not have all 3 then you do not have a clear representation of that chord. In the same way, if you do not have all 3 of these in your spiritual life, do you have a clear representation?
If I lost some of you with the music talk, I apologize. Short side is, you cannot take Jesus, God, or the Holy Spirit away from the trinity and it still be the trinity. In the same way, you cannot remove fasting from your spiritual walk. Fasting should be practiced, even if you only do it once a year. I very much encourage you to do it.
Monday night we gathered together to talk and be open with each other. It was great to hear what the Lord was showing everyone under going the fast. I am especially excited about what the Lord has in store for Victoria. She is off to LA in a couple weeks where she will be serving the Lord there until February. She was very open and vulnerable with us and spoke truth into our lives.
Last night (Tuesday) we gathered for prayer and worship. A prayer team was there to pray with us. They prayed for us individually and the Lord met us there. The Lord moved last night. He moved in mighty ways and I know for sure we will never be the same.
This fast has improved so many of my relationships. Most importantly, my relationship with the Lord. I know he is going to do some things in my life that I never could imagine. I have to be obedient and follow him. I’ve never felt more close to him. The fast also improved my relationship with the love of my life. She and I have spent countless times over the past couple days praying with and for each other. It has brought us together in a pure, beautiful, God honoring, intimate way. I cannot wait to see what is next.
So where are you? What are your stories with fasting? How has the Lord used it in your life?
I’m here Lord. I’m here. Send me. Use me. I’m yours Father. You bought me with a price that I will NEVER understand. You sufferred so I could live in freedom and swim in your blood dripping grace.
Amen