“I’d like to show non-Christians something about life with God being better than life without Him, so they could also experience it.” Peter Gall
I’m not sure what the journey was like for you, but I hope as you turn the corner into a new month, you are more excited to receive all that God has for you. And just in case you didn’t know, He has so much more for you to know, understand, and receive. In many ways, July was just an appetizer to what I believe God has for you… has for me moving forward.
Fasting is one way, an important way to communicate to God that what we desire more than anything else is more of Him. And thankfully, God is an inexhaustible God who loves revealing more and more of who He is to us each day. He wants us to experience His presence in abundance so that no matter where we go and who we are with, we are experiencing Him every step of the way.
If July was a huge success for you… success being defined by meaningful encounters of God – well done! And if July was nothing but struggle upon struggle – well done! I know it might seem odd to hear ‘well done' after a month of struggle, but I’m just reiterating what I think your Heavenly Father would want you to hear. He is pleased with you. He is pleased that you ventured into something new or different in fasting and praying in order to get closer to Him. He is pleased that despite the struggle, you still want more of Him.
I often forget that God is more pleased with me than I realize. We are more loved than we can fathom. And God has more for each of us than anyone could even imagine. With that being said… KEEP GOING!
Don’t stop. Yes, you can change your rhythms of fasting, but July was never really about fasting was it? July was all about reorienting who we are to who He is. And guess what, this will be a life-long pursuit. So keep going. Keep fasting as a new weekly or monthly discipline. Keep coming to Him in prayer. And keep getting His Word into your heart and soul.
I don’t know all that God has in store for all of us in the coming days, but I do know this –
MORE OF HIM FOR ALL OF US.
Keep living with your hands and heart wide open to receive from God all that He has to give you. And let’s never forget, we’re in this together. I need you and you need me. Let’s keep helping one another walk with the One who has so much more for us in the days ahead.
“Whom have I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.” Psalm 73:25
