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October 9, 2023
The Higher Pursuit
In hunger and thirst, in fasting’s often. (2 Corinthians 11:27 KJV)
My child, I desire that you would often fast, why you ask? So, you will be more sensitive and hear My voice. Paul stated he often fasted, which means he willingly denied himself food. He also mentions that he had suffered from hunger. (2 Corinthians 11:27) Fasting and suffering from desire are two different things. Hunger is when you don’t have food available to eat. Have you ever been in a situation where you didn’t have money to purchase food, and the cupboards were bare? Paul understood what it was to go hungry.
Fasting is when you choose to do without food when it’s available – to hear My voice. When you choose to deny yourself food, it’s also part of dying to your flesh. Have you been in a season of silence? You can break the silence of not hearing God through fasting. God speaks once, and even twice, but no one notices it because of noise and busyness. In a dream, a vision of the night, you may hear the voice of God. When deep sleep falls on men while slumbering upon the bed, He opens the ears of men and seals their instruction. (Job 22:14-16)
God created men and their basic human instincts. According to Psychologists: ‘Man has two basic needs: he eats food for his survival, engages in intimacy with his spouse to satisfy a deep-rooted desire to guarantee the survival of species.’ The Lord, your God, created man in My image and likeness to be self-preserving and reproduce after their kind. (Genesis 1:27-28) When you are My Son or Daughter, your pursuit of Me is higher than your desire to sustain and succeed.
Fasting often – as Paul has indicated he did, revealed the place I occupied in his life and suggests the place I inhabit in your life too. Seeking Me first above everything else My beloved should be your number one desire. Set aside quiet time alone with Me to seek Me for direction for the coming year. I will speak to you in your dreams if need be. Call upon My name, and I will hear you and show you great and mighty things you know nothing about. (Jeremiah 33:3) Then you will call on Me as a vital necessity, and you will find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. When you seek Me with all your heart, you shall surely find Me and hear My voice! (Jeremiah 29:12-13)
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