Fasting
and prayer is a very strong spiritual weapon with very high physical impact. Queen Esther declared a fast for the Jews to
save them from the plot of Haman. Elijah
fasted that it shouldn’t rain on the earth and God answered. Jesus also fasted for forty days and night
giving us an example. The following highlight the potency and power in fasting.
1.
To
secure divine intervention in difficult situations. In the book of Esther, a man called Haman
plotted to wipe away the Jews for no tangible reasons but Queen Esther declare
a fast for the Jews “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a
fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and
my young women will also fast as you do. Though I will go to the king, but it
is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.” Esther 4:16. The fast was so serious and important that
even their animals too were included in the fast. Lo and behold at the end of the three (3) days
there was a divine intervention for the Jews and Haman who is the architect of
this evil plot was hanged. His plot fall on his own head.
2.
To
avert any impending danger or destruction. “Jonah began to go
into the city, going a day’s journey.
And he called out, “Yet for
forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!" And the people of Nineveh believed
God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to
the least of them. The word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose his
throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. And
the king issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, ‘By the decree of
the king and his nobles: let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste
anything. Let them not feed or drink water, but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call
out mightily to God. Let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence
that is in his hands. Who knows? God may turn and relent and turn from his
fierce anger, so that we may not perish." When God saw what they did, how they
turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he
would do to them, and he did not do it.” Jonah 3:4-10
3.
To
expedite or accelerate the fulfillment of prophesy. Sometimes prophecies delayed due to
spiritual/demonic activity. “In the
first year of his reign (King Darius), I Daniel, perceived in the books the
number of years that, according to the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the
prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely,
seventy years. Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and
pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.” Daniel 9:2-3,
Read also 1Kings 18:42-46
4.
To
provoke divine visitation. Every time divine visitation is needed
a fast is also needed to catalyze its purpose.
It can be a divine visitation for your family, a divine visitation
concerning your health, a divine visitation on your marriage that is on the
verge of collapsing and many more. Whiles the disciples were fasting and
praying with one accord, there was a sudden revival from heaven and they were
filled with the Holy Spirit. Act 2:1-2
5.
The
intensification of spiritual power. When you feel weak in prayer and want to revive
your inner man, a fast is needed. “But
they that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with
wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not
faint.” Isaiah 40:31 You need a fast to empower you in your personal
or spiritual life, empower you in your ministry, empower in your church, and
even in your family.
6.
Securing
divine direction. The fast period is a period to carry out
spiritual direction; whom to marry, career path, travelling options, etc. It is a period to hear God and see things
(visions). Act 13:1-2
7.
To
secure physical health and vitality. When you fast, your energy
base multiply. Fasting, scientifically is also good for our health. The food we
eat is temporary stored in the liver for processing and conversion. The more
you eat, the more pressure you put on the liver to work. It is important for us
to allow the liver to rest by fasting.
Read also HOW TO SECURE THE ATTENTION OF GOD
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