GOOD MORNING, What an exciting service at World Hope yesterday... TRUST GOD. ...let's not be performance-driven... but allow God's Word to lead us and guide us...
Well... It is the 3rd and final week of the Daniel Fast and, for many of us, we are in the final stretch. I want to encourage you to finish strong. It can be one of the more difficult weeks for you, but i know you can do it. Our text is Psalm 51. Here is my thought for the day...
Did you ever run track when you were in school? Maybe you have to think back a few years and are reminded how long that actually was. (!!!!) Oh well, that's another topic for another day. ---- Do you remember the last lap of a race, coming around the last turn, with the finish line in view -- for me, it felt like the LONGEST STRETCH OF THE TRACK! But I also remember, at that time, the energy was pushing me and I found an inner strength to run harder. In that same way, I realize this last week of the Daniel Fast can feel like the last lap of a race and you don't know if you are going to make it.
HEY...I am your biggest fan...I am right there with you running beside YOU as a Team mate...saying, COME ON, YOU CAN DO IT...WE CAN DO IT....Because I believe in you and the Cause....
You might feel tired or weary, drained with some fatigue in your muscles or "belly" -- ready to quit for whatever reasons -- but you know, in your heart, that when you finish the Fast you will have accomplished the "event" and will have no regrets. You will carry that thought of success and lessons with you throughout your life.
Look in front of you... there it is...the finish line...only 6 days and you will be able to eat whatever you want. (As your stomach growls now - haha)...
That's where my thoughts are this morning... I don't want to go back to the way it was before the Daniel Fast. I want to take the lessons that I have learned and continue to hear what the Holy Spirit is doing inside of my life. I will add some things back to my diet, but I feel better physically, I feel stronger, my mind is open...and my direction is more clear than before... why go back?
My Spiritual Insight is following closely behind what I am experiencing physically... My Faith is stronger, my Heart is open, my Mind isn't fragmented with so much to do, and I can See the Next Step for my LIFE more clearly. Write down what you are learning.... use it as a guide during 2012.
In our devotions today, the verses that speak to me are 10-12 (NIV) Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
I have learned more about myself during this Fast ...so I am convinced that I can make it, and not just make it to the finish line ...I can use what I have learned, and continue in the race that the Lord has destined for me to run!
So yes, I will continue to run... but it will be with a new vigor, excitement and expectancy. It is a new season for you and me! Look up and see your Future...it is bright and rewarding. YOU CAN MAKE IT...
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