Day 21 of a 21 Day Fast

Joel 2

Return to the Lord

12 “Yet even now,” declares the Lord,

i“return to me with all your heart,

jwith fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;

13 and krend your hearts and not lyour garments.”

Return to the Lord your God,

mfor he is gracious and merciful,

slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;

nand he relents over disaster.

14 oWho knows whether he will not turn and relent,

and pleave a blessing behind him,

qa grain offering and a drink offering

for the Lord your God?

15 rBlow the trumpet in Zion;

sconsecrate a fast;

call a solemn assembly;

16 gather the people.

tConsecrate the congregation;

assemble the elders;

ugather the children,

even nursing infants.

vLet the bridegroom leave his room,

and the bride her chamber.

17 wBetween the xvestibule and the yaltar

zlet the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep

and say, “Spare your people, O Lord,

and make not your heritage a reproach,

a byword among the nations.1

aWhy should they say among the peoples,

‘Where is their God?’”

This time has been a time of consecrated prayer for the body of Christ to be raised up into there calling as we are very near the return of the Lord.  Fasting returns the people to wholeheartedness in their worship and adoration of Yeshua.  I am blessed beyond measure as I have seen God's hand move profoundly during this fast but sense that He has only just begun and the fruit of this fast is only just begun to be produced.  I anxiously await the manifestation of His glory in and through His bride as we are wooed into sacred assemblies and continued consecration may the Lord prepare His Joel 2 army to do great exploits for His kingdom through prayer and fasting!