Let’s DIG IN…
Isaiah 58:3 They say, ‘Why have we gone without food, and You do not see it? Why have we put away our pride, and You do not know it?’
Isaiah 58:3…See, on the day you do not eat, you do what you want to do..and make it hard for all your workers. 4 See, while you go without food you argue and fight and hit with a sinful hand. Going without food as you do today will not help your voice to be heard on high.
I said this a while ago about fasting – in one of my LIVE Teachings….asking Is it NOT GOD who will CHOOSE your fast?
Is it not GOD who will tell you to FAST for HIM?
Is it a man that will proclaim his fast on you?
Telling you it is GOD’s fast?The ONLY way you will KNOW to fast, and when to fast is when you start HEARING DIRECTLY. And you’re not there yet – so, fasting because someone said to do so – is burning your oil carelessly.
Isaiah 58:5 Is it a time without eating like this that I CHOOSE, a day for a man to put away his pride? Is it for bowing his head like a piece of grass, and to spread ashes and cloth made from hair for his bed? Will you call this time without eating a day that pleases the Lord?
6 Is not the time without eating which I CHOOSE, a time to take off the chains of sin, and to take the heavy load of sin off the neck?
WHAT DOES GOD REGARD AS FASTING
Isaiah 58:6 Is it not a time to let those who suffer under a sinful power go free, and to break every load from their neck?
7 Is it not a time to share your food with the hungry, and bring the poor man into your house who has no home of his own? Is it not a time to give clothes to the person you see who has no clothes, and a time not to hide yourself from your own family?
8 Then your LIGHT will break out like the early morning, and you will soon be healed. Your right and good works will go before you. And the shining-greatness of the Lord will keep watch behind you.
9 Then you will call, and the Lord will answer. You will cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you take the weight of sin away, and stop putting the blame on others and stop speaking sinful things,
10 and if you give what you have to the hungry, and fill the needs of those who suffer, then your LIGHT will rise in the darkness, and your darkness will be like the brightest time of day.
13 and if you honor it by turning from your own ways, and from following your own desire and by NOT talking in a foolish way, 14 then you will have joy in the Lord. I will cause you to ride on the high places of the EARTH/Flesh.
And I will feed you with the best from the land given to your father Jacob. The mouth of the Lord has spoken.
***Do what you may with this information.
We can continue with our disobedience and keep following the lead of mortal men, or wait to hear directly from GOD while dedicating ourselves to the SERVICE of others and consider that more useful on our spiritual journey.
— @ciccifabLoso