Isaiah 58:6 KJV
“Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of
wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And
that you break every yoke?”
The Bible is a book of solutions. It is not a text book nor a religious book where people refer to just for moral reasons. Rather, the Bible is a book of instructions and inspiration.
There is no problem or challenge of life that the Bible has not addressed directly or indirectly, and one of the wisdom we have found in the Bible is on how to break bondages and destroy yokes in our lives.
From our text, we see that fasting is a very powerful way to end bondages and yokes. Fasting is the abstinence from food and certain pleasures for the purposes of increasing God's presence in one’s life and thereby wield the required amount of power with which to arrest troubling issues.
But many don't know how to fast. Many believers just abstain from food and do nothing else. Fasting without plenty of worship, prayer and reading/study of scriptures is pure hunger strike.
When you engage prayer, worship, hearing and reading the word of God in fasting, you would, have weakened bondages and you would have generated enough power to confront the forces against you.
So, you cannot be fasting regularly and be a victim in life and of life. When you deal with any issue in this manner on a consistent basis, they will not stand a chance of survival in our lives.
However, you must not wait to have problems before you fast. I highly recommend what is known as consecrational fast on a weekly basis. It will keep you fresh, sound and powerful.
Receive grace to engage in weekly and periodic fasts in Jesus Name.
Assignment
i. Choose a day in a weekly basis to engage in consecrational fast.
ii. Target any bondage in your life and take a fast with praying. As you pray in tongues, trust God to give you insight, wisdom and ability to deal with it.
Prayer
-Lord I receive grace for serious consecrational fasts in Jesus Name.
Nugget
Fasting without plenty of worship, prayer and reading/study of scriptures is pure hunger strike.
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