TOPIC : ITS TIME FOR A NEW BEGINNING
THE FIRST ADAM FELL BECAUSE OF UNCONTROLLED APPETITE .
TEXT : EZRA 8:21-23
21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
Ezra said in that scripture that they had boasted before the king about the ability of their God to protect them against bandits on their way.
Having boasted of the omnipresence of their God, he still declared a fast, why?
The reason is that many of God's promises would end up not manifesting if the principles behind them are not applied.
There are many who chorused "No weapon formed against me shall prosper" like a song and still died in the hands of their enemies.
They were vanquished like men without help.
Psalms 82 : 5-7 gave us an insight to why such calamities keep happening to men.
"5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes."
The psamist said, they know not.
Which means there is something that those who are indestructible know.
Before you boast before that witch, that wizard, that strong man, ask yourself when was the last time you took a long fast.
Do you fast only when the church calls for a fast?
By challenging that witch, you may be buying for yourself a cheap ticket for an untimely death.
When you make fasting a way of life, you develop a magnetic field of protection that God dedicates angels to watch over.
Fasting men are not killable, not even by wild beasts.
Daniel was thrown into the lions Den, the energy generated by his constant long fasting put the lions on a long fast.
Until today men like Daniel who pioneered new realities in the spirit never died.
When you touch men who walk in their order, they appear.
Begin to design a new way of life this season, add fasting on your weekly menu.
God bless you.
With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.
Your case is not
bigger than God.
May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Your Victory is already guaranteed
It is well, do not give up, with God all things are possible
(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them devotionals)
For further reading,
Genesis 28, 29. Matthew 28,29.
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