Fasting: Day 1

I started a fast today that I plan to last for about 2 weeks. This will be the longest fast I have ever done. During my lunch, I went to Lower Allen park to be with the Lord. He lead me to a quiet meadow that is away from the majority of the park. I've never seen this part before. It had a small open area with beautiful green grass. It was encircled by an array of trees and you could hear the Yellow Breeches because it was a stone's throw away.

I felt the presence of the Lord right in the middle of the meadow. I got down on my knees and began to worship. In my spirit, I felt the presence of angels. I looked and in my mind's eye I saw several tall angels surrounding me. They were about 30-40 feet in length. I knew they were here to help me. I realized how small I was in comparison. It humbled me to know that God delights in using me when more efficient servants stood all around me. I felt the Lord speak Jeremiah 29:11 over me. "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." I felt the blessing of the Lord and my mind raced with the blessing He has in store for me. He continued to say "I know the plans I have for you. Plans to prosper you." I felt refreshed.

I began to leave so I could head back to work. I looked back and sensed the angels were coming with me. There's not a lot of things more encouraging then 30ft angels following you where ever you. I let some pass by so I could follow them. After a while, I realized they weren't ahead of me anymore. I looked back and sensed them signaling to come back to them. I came back and they lead me to the water's edge. A smaller angel was on a park bench on the other side of the water. He waved to me. This is all so weird to me. God is this me? Show me if I'm crazy or if I'm making this up. Until You do, I'll keep on believing this is from You.

The Lord reminded me of the summer of 2008. I love sitting beside creeks and rivers to worship the Lord. That summer, I was doing that a lot and almost every time I felt the Lord give me a strange command. He wanted me to command the water's to stop. This is completely impossible. But with God.....I was reminded of when Joshua stopped the sun in the sky. I know God can do anything. I would command the waters with complete faith that they would stop. Nothing would happen. At least, not in the natural realm. Little did I know, but God was stretching me to believe the impossible.

In September 2008, I went to Kenya for a missions trip. They were experiencing a severe drought and were in desperate need of rain. Even greater than the cries for rain, were the cries for the Lord to visit Nairobi and heal the hurts of the people. We were leading a pastor's conference and when it was my turn to speak, I felt the Lord give a prophecy about rain. He said it was going to rain and it would be a sign to all of those there that He would rain down His Spirit on Nairobi and all of Kenya. The pastor's believed this at once. The next day, it began to rain a little. We were all so exited. We left after that to go on Safari. We heard that it began to pour in Nairobi. When we returned to Nairobi, everything was sopping wet. Apparently it had poured nonstop for 3 days.

God used my impossible prayers of stopping the waters to believe Him for bringing rain to an arid place. Today, He was asking me to command the waters once again to stop. I went to the water's edge and commanded it to stop. Then I felt the Lord leading me to find a stick to put in the water. I found a stick that was fairly long but not long enough to reach the water since the bank I was standing on was pretty high. Instead, I felt I needed to throw it into the water. As I did this, I felt the Lord's presence all over me. I knew this was a prophetic act and something like this might be coming my way down the road. I felt the Lord telling me that He is backing up my words with power like He did in Nairobi. I'm going to Brazil in less than two months for another mission's trip. I believe the Lord will bring power to my words. He continued to speak over me, "I know the plans I have for you. Plans to prosper you."

As I left that place, I noticed that some of the angels stayed behind, waving to me as I left. But I continued to have 6 large angels go with me. There is something significant about the 6 angels. I'll have to expound on that later.

The Lord taught me much more today, but this entry is long enough. If this is just the first day of the fast, I can't wait to see what else the Lord has in store for me.