Good morning all. It is day #4 of our 21 day fast and by far the best I have felt. I hope all is going well for each one of you that are participating in the fast. I am glad to beback blogging and excited about what God will bring through this time with Him. I am praying that God will hone our hearts to such a degree that we will be able to hear the Spirit working clearly and precisely. That through this fast, God will cut out all of the noisy worldly distractions so we are free to hear Him.
Over the past two days the Lord has been bringing the passage in Luke 9 to my attention. In that passage (verses 57-62) Jesus has some strong words about following Him. If you are going to follow Him, you must cut away from worldly things. As I struggled with caffeine headaches over these couple of days, the Lord was showing me that when something is entrenched it is hard to get removed. Spiritually speaking, when ideas and thoughts and worldly things get entrenched in our mind and heart and lifestyle they are not easily taken out. It takes complete abandonment to Him.
Throughout this process of prayer and fasting, I would encourage you to make abandonment to Him your ultimate goal. Ask Him to show you thoughts, attitudes, actions, and beliefs that are not truly from Him and allow the Holy Spirit to change your mindset and how you view this life to bring it into conformity with His.
If we are not willing to get to a place of abandonment and let go of notions that are not from Him, we will never experience Him in power.
Please post and share with me how things are going for you or email me and let me know how I can pray. The Lord is already working and I am looking forward to more as we move forward.
God Bless You.
Brad