Fasting

The (so called)foolishness of God is wiser than man’s (so called)wisdom, and the (so called)weakness of God is stronger than mans (so called)strength…God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the strong (1 Cor. 1:25, 27)

Fasting is not one of the spiritual practices that you do if you’re one of the “super radicals.” Fasting is what is supposed to be done by every single believer. Jesus talked about fasting in the Sermon on the Mount as something that everyone is supposed to do regularly. Not just when you need an answer to prayer, etc.

Fasting - The beauty of weakness
If you’re anything like me you see a title to a post like this and it doesn’t necessarily stick out to you as your greatest passion or something you’re even remotely interested in reading. But I encourage you that if talking about fasting or the beauty of weakness is something that kind of annoys you or doesn’t really move you – to ask the Lord to reveal the true beauty of weakness in your life. 

As I’ve been on this global bridegroom fast (IHOP’s 3 day fast the first Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday of every month) I’ve become so weak before the Lord, that I literally come before him to pray and already feel like I’m failing because of how weak I am. 

Do you ever feel like your passion and zeal for the Lord or vision for your life is a million miles away and a distant memory from yesterday? Do you ever wonder why many times you can go to bed feeling completely fine but then wake up just a few hours later feeling completely uninspired about your relationship with the Lord and somewhat despaired or confused about life in general?

These kinds of feelings and emotions are tricky because many times these feelings come from an attack of the enemy, or maybe unrepentant sin, or because the Holy Spirit is gently tugging on our hearts saying, “Hey, it’s been a while since you’ve talked to me and that’s why you’re feeling this way!” However, there are also time’s when we just feel that way simply because that’s the way life is!!