The Surprise

Have you ever been so excited because you had a surprise for a family member or a close friend? Can you remember how excited you were to tell them? Do you remember how good it felt to see their expression and to see how happy it made them? Why would you think it would be any different for your Heavenly Father? He loves to surprise you – to come through for you – to show up with a surprise that brings you great joy and excitement. With God it’s even greater because He knows your truest desires – the ones you don’t dare tell others and the ones you have a hard time believing for. He takes great delight in your joy! In fact, in Nehemiah 8:10 it says that “the joy of the Lord is your STRENGTH!” Do you dare say out loud your greatest desire? Do you dare ask the Lord for something that has been welling up inside you for years?
I want to challenge you to look at a few places in your own life that perhaps you’ve given up on. Maybe dreams, maybe the salvation of a loved one. I want you to know that as you pray and as you fast for these 21 days, you can see God’s miracle-working power released, through the Holy Spirit, into every circumstance that you face.
So many times, God will take this time of fasting and reveal to you the purpose He has placed in you. Sometimes He will reveal an assignment for the next season. Cultivate the habit of maintaining a journal during these fasting and praying times and be sure to write anything you hear the Lord speak to you through the Holy Spirit.