God will meet you: My First Fast

I am currently embarking on a 40 day fasting journey to reconnect to God and see more of Him. This is something the lord had placed in my spirit to do on an annual basis since 2006 but I hadn't been as faithful the last year. This year, I felt to ask if others wanted to join me and I am excited to see those who responded but with that excitment came a heartfelt burden. Some of the individuals had never fasted before so I didn't want anything to turn them away from reconnecting to God and it is there that I remind them that GOD WILL MEET YOU ON ANY LEVEL YOU ARE ON!. As you draw near to him, He will draw near to you.

You see, the first time I ever fasted was more of a natural thing rather than spiritual but the Lord used it to get me closer on his path. I was dating a guy whose church was doing a 21 day fast. They were to give up meat and he asked me to join. I wanted to receive the spiritual benefit of a fast but I knew there was no way I would be able to give up meat so I stated I would just join with him in the aspect of giving up another slight addiction I had....sodas. For 21 days I gave up something of the flesh and it planted a seed that I could do it so when the next time the word fast came around me, I was more encouraged to do it and it came around.

I was wanting to get closer to God and felt in my spirit to do a 3 day fast. In this fast, I was to spend time away from my boyfriend and not talk to him at all. I told him this and he did not agree. Since he was the one more active in church and more familiar with fasting, I thought to myself that this was a wrong concept of fasting but the following weekend I went to his church and his pastor called a 3 day fast! I was so excited that I was hearing from God that I decided to do my 3 day fast and not see my boyfriend during that time but  I had never fasted before.

I lay on the bed during that first day thinking I was suppose to feel something different or see some type of miracle only to realize I didn't know what to do. I spoke to God (myself), admitting I was clueless. I then fell asleep and awoke to Paula White on tv. I turned the volume up and she was talking about the acceptable fast. I was so energized by the "coincidence" that I got up and began to praise the Lord. I searched all the scriptures she gave about fasting and completed my 3 day fast. This laid the foundation to my fasting journey.

I tell this story to remind myself and to encourage others that God will meet you on whatever level you are on. If you are embarking on a journey He has asked you to do for the first time, be confident that He will guide you along the way. Just Begin the journey.