Fasting Movement,

“Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!” (Philippians 4:4)
Well, for many the finish line is coming into view.

I want to remind you how much encouragement each of you are to the movement as you share, for the glory of God, out of your fasting experience.
 
“To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven:
 
A time to be born, and a time to die,
A time to plant, and a time to pluck what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, an a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to gain, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to throw away;
A time to tear, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate;
A time to war, and a time of peace” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8).

Obviously, we within this movement have set aside this season and time with a purpose of seeking God by adding fasting to our prayers and walk with God.  One thing that has interested me during my history with fasting is that within a fast how many of the purposes mentioned above become relevant and become applicable at the same time.  It is as if, in the stillness of positioning yourself before God through fasting, the faster these many purposes begin to apply and happen on different days of the fast.  As we sit before the King and slow down through fasting, the spiritual activity and moving of the Spirit of God picks up in our life.
 
It becomes a season where it seems that God is multi-tasking in our life and heart.  He is killing a wrong motive in our heart while at the same time healing a wound in our soul.  We are mourning over a sin we are confessing, while dancing in faith for a breakthrough in our family. We have days when we rest silently before Him and others where we are pouring out our hearts as we speak to Him.  We have a day or two where our desires are at war and then comes a peace after we settle the matter in our heart.  We are being broken down while we are being built up.  We are gaining some things and losing others.  We are tearing away some negative relationships while at the same time sewing or mending others.  We are planting fresh seeds of God’s word in our heart while also plucking up wrong words that we have sown that have snared our soul.
 
I just heard in my spirit:  ACCELERATION!
 
When we slow down before God through fasting He then ACCELERATES these times and purposes mentioned in the above passage.

You are not going crazy!  Crying one moment, laughing the other, repenting the next, a moment of personal internal war one moment and then a time of peace from His presence!  It is acceleration and the Spirit of God multi-tasking in your heart and life as you seek God through fasting and prayer!
 
Receive discernment for the remaining moments of this season of fasting concerning the purposes mentioned above that the Spirit of God is performing in your life.
As you CELEBRATE and rejoice always; may the moving of God’s Spirit ACCELERATE these purposes in your life.
 
God bless,
Chad Craig