FASTING EXAMPLES (5): DAVID’S FAST

#WordForTodayDevotional Saturday January 16, 2021FASTING EXAMPLES (5): DAVID’S FASTMy knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.Psalms 109:24 (KJV)The Bible didn’t tell us how long David’s fast was but for anyone that is acquainted with long fast, one will recognize that it would not have been anything less than 40 days for fatness to start failing from his flesh. When one finish even a partial fast of 40 days, your flesh will tell you that it has lost a lot in terms of fatness, let alone when the fast is a total or complete fast. David fasted so much that he became so lain that evoked mockery from people. Psalms 109: 23-25 says, ‘23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. 24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. 25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.’ I truly understand what David is saying here. The author believes that David’s fast was nothing less than 40 days long. It takes that long for the effects that he described to be so. The author is a witness to that.We have only known that David was a singer, worshipper and one after Adonai’s own heart. But how many of us know that the secret of David was probably in his life of fasting and not just fasting but fasting so long that he presses into power with God. No wonder, some Messianic prophecies came through him. Beloved, you have been singing and worshipping. That is so wonderful but Yahushua didn’t say that “this kind goes not out except by thanksgiving and worship”. He says “this kind goes not out but by fasting and prayer” (Matthew 17:21). This is very crucial because this year, Adonai wants you to touch the reality of answered prayer and some level of ease in life. How I wish, you can defy all odds and go on a long fast, long enough to receive from Elohim your desire. Most of use, we fast but before we are ready to make the connection with Adonai, we have already concluded the fast.The way the stories were recorded in the Bible gives some people the impression that some things happened in such a snap. I Samuel 5:19 says, ‘And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the Lord said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.’ Is it not so sweet to be able to get answers from God in such a snap like this. However, you must recognize that this is a narration and that it may not have happened in such a snap. Seeing that David spent such a long time in fasting, gives us a clue that some of these records that seem as if the response from God was in such an instant, may not actually be so. Some of these responses were gotten from days of fasting and praying. Selah!REMEMBER: Real change happen when you fast for a long time.CONFESSION: I long to be with you dear Father. Your presence is so sweet I don’t want to leave. I thank Yahweh for strength to tarry in your presence in fasting and for the transformation you bring into my life thereby. Halleluyah!!!PROPHETIC RELEASE: You shall begin to find fasting interesting from this day in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!FURTHER READING:Psalms 109ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.Job 35:1-37:24; Matthew 11:25-12:21PASTOR PRINCE CHIMAOBIM NWABUIKWUTelegram: t.me/WordForTodayDevotionalFacebook: PastorPrinceChimaobimTwitter: princechimaobimInstagram: prince.chimaobimParler: PastorPrinceChimaobim#WordForToday#16Jan2021#PastorPrincePlease share on Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, Instagram, WeChat and on all platforms. Let this go viral brethren. The Lord bless you!Download JANUARY 2021 #WordForTodayDevotional here:https://princechimaobim.home.blog/wordfortodaydevotional_2021/