“For this purpose the Son of God was
manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.”
From the above scripture,
we understand that since we are
expected to do the works of our Master,
we as true disciples of Jesus Christ
are here not only to advance the Kingdom of God on earth,
but also to destroy the works of
Satan in the lives, homes and circumstances of people (John 14:12).
To be effective in this assignment,
you cannot approach the battle
physically;
rather, you need both divine
revelation and spiritual backup from God. Let us take the disciples of Jesus
Christ as a case in point. Matthew 10:1 says,
“And when he had called unto him his
twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out,
and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.”
At this point, the disciples were
empowered by the Lord
to heal all manner of sicknesses and
diseases, and to cast out demons.
Not too long after they were
empowered, a demonized boy was brought to them for deliverance. They struggled
for so long to cast out the demon, but they just could not deliver him.
Finally, this case was referred to
Jesus and He delivered the boy. The disciples thereafter went back to Jesus to
find out what was amiss, and why they could not deliver the boy.
In response to their enquiry,
the Lord told them that they had
manifested some unbelief,
and that their prayer was not backed
up with fasting (Matthew 17:20-21).
This experience of the disciples
goes to show that when you are having doubts or even unbelief,
and decided to truly seek God’s face
in prayer and fasting, such doubts, fears and unbelief would give way to faith.
When you fast, it strengthens your
faith and your prayer life is given a boost.
We often attempt certain assignments
without the backup of a commensurate level of faith,
and hence we experience failures in
such assignments.
You can actually add fire to your
faith and shut the doors against unbelief and doubt
by spending time with God through
fasting and prayer.
Do you still harbour doubts, fears
and unbelief in your heart about any assignment God has given you?
Discard them now! God wants you to
operate in the realm of faith and not doubt.
Feed your faith with God’s word,
prayer and fasting,
testimonies of what God have done,
and shun all remarks contrary to the
advancement of your assignment.
conclusion
Always ask questions! If you can ask
the Lord questions on things you do not understand, He will provide the
answers.
Fasting the ultimate faith booster
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March 26, 2018
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