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Monday January 18, 2021

FASTING EXAMPLES (7): ELIJAH’S FAST

And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
I Kings 19:8 (KJV)

Of all that the Bible would cite as an example of someone whose prayer was effective, earnest and heart-felt with tremendous power which was dynamic in its working, Elijah was chosen. It is important, therefore, for us to examine the secret of this great patriarch of the faith. And it is not even so far fetched or a mystery, what powered his effectiveness in his relationship with Adonai. We all are praying, so prayer is not the tool of Prophet Elijah’s power with God. And if you look at James 5:16 from the Amplified Bible, you would see that it was not just the prayer of Elijah that made him powerful. Prayer is good but until prayer is earnest that is heart-felt and continued, it cannot be dynamic in its working. What is it that makes prayer earnest? If we can discover what made Elijah’s prayer earnest, and apply same, we shall get the same result of power with Yahweh as Elijah because Yahweh is not a respecter of person but in every nation, whosoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him (Acts 10:34-35).

Our opening text was the story of Prophet Elijah after he ate the meal that the angel brought to him, went in the strength of that meal for 40 days and nights unto Horeb the mount of Adonai. It is important for us to know that fasting for 40 days and nights he was travelling to meet with Adonai as it were at Horeb. Fasting was the secret of Elijah’s earnestness in prayer. When you fast, your prayer transcends mere words to heart-felt energy and if the fast continues for a long time, it begins to produce tremendous power that is dynamic in its workings. There is absolutely nothing that cannot be handled in such an atmosphere. The author read of the story of a young man that was jilted by the love of his life and the best way he resolved to deal with the trauma was to starve himself to death. As the days process in his death starvation mission, he encountered Yahushua and was saved and gloriously filled with the Holy Spirit, after 80 days of no food, he came out a vessel of revival. Whatever situation that drives you to fasting has given you an opportunity to encounter destiny with Adonai.

Prophet Elijah’s fast was 40 days and nights and that produced an earnestness in his prayer life that made tremendous power available. Listen, you will not die, if you fast for 40 days without food, drinking water only. Remember, as said at the beginning of the month that fasting by definition is going without food. Water is not part of what you should go without. It is utter ignorance that makes anybody to do without water in long fast. As a matter of duty when you are doing any fast that is more than three days long, you must drink at least 1.5- 2 litres of water daily and adjust as your body requires. Selah!

REMEMBER: Fasting produces the required earnestness to make your prayer powerful.

CONFESSION: I am operating under a better covenant than Elijah, therefore, I am getting better results as I fast and pray. I am making tremendous power available that is dynamic in its working. Glory to Yahweh!

PROPHETIC RELEASE: I see you changed as you fast, to such a level that your generation stands in awe of Elohim at work in your life in the name of Yahushua HaMashiach Amen!

FURTHER READING:
I Kings 18, 19

ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE READING PLAN: Read the events of the bible in the order that they happened.
Job 40:1-42:17; Matthew 12:38-50

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