True Fasting

“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter – when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.” Isaiah 58:6-9

Recently, I have been talking to a lot of people with all different kinds of issues. I still remember a pastor saying that if I had no special prayer request, it could be a sign that God wants me to pray more for others. I feel like I have been in the stage a while, and so I have been trying to pray for my friends.

On specific incident, I had heard my friend talk about all kinds of complaints. He criticized all that was around him, and yet, I just kept feeling his loneliness burn inside of him. After the conversation, I simply thought, “Lord, please be a friend to him.” Yet, the words that came out were, “Lord, let me be a friend to him.”

All this time, I had wanted God to intervene in such heavenly ways, but as I struggle in my life, all I see is that He wants to work through us. All the miracles we see could very well be our stubborn hearts move to act upon God’s will.

As much as I would like God to touch his spirit, I ask also that I may be changed to fully walk in His ways.