Day 18 - Fasting and God's Victory

January 29, 2025 11:00 AM
Day 18 - Fasting and God's Victory

“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen…then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.” 

Isaiah 58:6,8

"Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.” 

Esther 4:15-16


Fasting is a weapon used to respond to the present and future attacks of the evil one.

When the devil, the foe and the tyrant, sees a man bearing this weapon [fasting], he is straightway frightened and he recollects and considers that defeat which he suffered in the wilderness at the hands of the Savior; at once his strength is shattered and the very sight of this weapon, given us by our Commander-in-Chief, burns him.”  – Isaac of Syria


Pray

Pray today seeking better preparation for the spiritual battles that you face. Choose to stand firm in Christ and to live your life by the truth of God and not by the lies of the enemy. Choose to live righteously and not selfishly, choose to live by faith and not by sight. Choose to live by the power of the Word of God.