We Have Been Tricked!

There has not been a day since about 1998 that, as soon as my eyes open each morning, that I have not thanked God for giving me life then all the other stuff.  This began to be so important to me that I began a routine of waking up between 3AM and 5AM to do so.   I made it a practice to wake up and pray daily and if I thought something hit my soul just right, I would make sure to share it with my kids.

Now that my life has changed in oh so many ways, I now feel the need to share my prayers with my people.  I know most of us want to do what is right and to please God.  We change our ways and our lives in ways we THINK we need to, to make God happy with us.  We sacrifice and fast to please God.

But to God, what you are about to read is TRUE sacrifice, true fasting.  This is taken from the Book of Isaiah.  God was restoring His people to a life in ZION.  After Gods people spent so long worshiping idols, messing up and offering what THEY felt was sacrifice to God, GOD told them what sacrifice really means to HIM.  True sacrifice, as God sees it, can BLESS man….

“Yes, your fast ends in quarreling and fighting, striking with wicked claw.  Would today you might fast so as to make your voice be heard on high! 

Is this the manner of fasting I wish, of keeping a day of penance: That a man bows his head like a reed, and lie in sackcloth and ashes?  Do you call this a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord? 

This, rather is the fasting I wish: releasing those bound unjustly, untying the thongs of the yoke: Setting free the oppressed, breaking every yoke; Sharing your bread with the hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the homeless: Clothing the naked when you see them, and not turning your back on your own. 

Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your wounds shall quickly be healed: your vindication shall go before you, and the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.  Then you shall call and the Lord will answer, you shall cry for help, and he will say: Here I am!”

From what I see and know from personal experience, when you free or bless someone else, you bless and free yourself.  So…don’t worry about eating less, go out and feed someone else.  If you see a need, fill it and see how quickly God will work for you!

I’m far from a HOLY ROLLER but God has proven His word true in MY LIFE and WILL do the same for you.  Let do this, join me.  Let’s do sacrifice and fasting as God intends it to be and see ourselves GROW!