God has specific assignments for your life. But every assignment from Him starts somewhere. So, how will you know His will for your life and His plans for you? How will you hear His voice?
The answer is found in the appeal Paul made to the church in Rome: “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service” (Romans 12:1, NKJV).
Remember the three Christian duties from day 1? Giving, praying, and fasting. That is how you “present” your body to God as a “living” sacrifice.
Fasting also keeps you sensitive to the Holy Spirit, enabling you to live holy. Paul went on to say, “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God” (Romans 12:2, NKJV).
• Paul was fasting when God called him and shared the assignment for his life (Acts 9:7–9).
• Peter was fasting on the rooftop when God gave him a new revelation and called him to take the gospel to the Gentiles (Acts 10).
In the book of Joel, the Lord said, “And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions” (Joel 2:28, NKJV).
God was going to pour out revival afterward. After what? After a fast! “Blow the trumpet in Zion, consecrate a fast, call a sacred assembly” (Joel 2:15, NKJV). Together, let’s believe for those “afterward” seasons when God pours out revival!
21-Day Fasting Journey with Jentezen Franklin.
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