Your Light Shall Break Forth

What is fasting?  We humbly deny something of the flesh (i.e. self) to glorify Our Heavenly Father.  We bring the flesh into full submission so that our spirit is strengthened relative to the flesh and takes command over the flesh.  The goal is to be led by THE SPIRIT and not the flesh in any manner.

FATHER spoke in Isaiah which is recorded in chapter 58:

6 ​​“Is this not the fast that I have chosen:

​​To loose the bonds of wickedness,

​​To undo the heavy burdens,

​​To let the oppressed go free,

​​And that you break every yoke?

7 ​​Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,

​​And that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out;

​​When you see the naked, that you cover him,

​​And not hide yourself from your own flesh?

Verse 6 deals with correction and verse 7 describes the results of Agape Love.  You become a cheerful giver as you minister to the poor, the naked, and the hungry.  The successful fast removes the selfishness and orientation toward scarcity and you reestablish your trust in FATHER and HIS ways.  Jesus’ forty day fast was the essence of Agape Love and reliance on FATHER’S Word.

​​ 8 ​​Then your light shall break forth like the morning,

​​Your healing shall spring forth speedily,

​​And your righteousness shall go before you;

​​The glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.

Verse 8 prophesies of The Sons and Daughters who are fully being led by THE SPIRIT.  Our light will be as the bright morning light dispersing the darkness and we will walk fully healed of any infirmity which has plagued us whether in the soul or the body.  Our righteousness will go before us and men will be convicted of their sins for the brightness will expose those sins even to those who have walked in extreme blindness.

We will not be concerned with those who would try to thwart our walk for FATHER will be our “rear guard” and not allow anyone to impede our calling.  This light will shine forth and expose the source of chaos which in turn will set the captives free from the bondage created by the wicked.  The misallocation of resources will be corrected and the Kingdom economy will spread across the earth as it is based on Agape Love.

This will not be like the revivals of the past for they did not fully address the problem but were temporary and were examples of what would happen when the fullness of time is upon us.  They were given for our instruction.

Those who promoted themselves as believers but had no understanding of FATHER’S ways will suffer judgment and remorse as well.  In Matthew 25, Jesus spoke of this in the parable of the talents:

24 “Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

25 And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’

26 “But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.

27 So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest.

28 So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.

29 ‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

30 And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Who are the good and faithful servants?  They are the ones who not only knew the acts of FATHER but also learned HIS ways and walked in them.  They knew HIS Divine Intent of Agape Love which became their intent as well.  After sharing this parable, Jesus spoke:

34 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

35 for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in;

36 I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’

Aren’t these the same qualities and actions of those who are prophesied in Isaiah 58?  Those Sons and Daughters on His right hand are called forth to ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world’.  This is an exciting time for us as we spiritually ascend to the fullness of maturity IN HIM.

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