The Fast - the final day

The Fast is over - at least this one. There will be other fasts in the near future. Tonight we went to a new Indian restaurant in the area, and though I went vegetarian it was a lot more spice and other "ingredients" than I have had for ten days. Chana Masala = YUM!

Yesterday I posted comments about the reading from 1Samuel 3:9, and pointed up the listening piece. But as the day progressed the rest of the message began to really take hold: we must listen and then follow! It is not enough just to listen - we must act on what God has told us - we must follow the path He has put before us. "Your servant is listening" - but the servant must then act!

Remember the story that I used, about the policeman? It would have been no help if the people had listened to his voice but not followed what he said. If they had not followed his voice, they would have perished. Liewise, we must not only listen but follow.

So the revelations of this fast have been this:
1 - take (MAKE) time to listen to God, through prayer and through His Word (the Bible)
2 - act on those things we learn by listening.

There is much to be done, and there are many who will want us to go other routes and listen to them instead. But the way I go must be the way God directs - popular or not, easy or not.

Thank you for being with me on this journey. your prayers have been appreciated and your comments will be as well. There will be more in the future - more fasts and more enlightenment as a result, and more revelations through prayer even without the fasting.

And more time in the presence of our God.