My 40-day fast - initial response
Early in August of this year, the Lord led me to do a 40-day fast. It would be the Daniel Fast. For those of you not familiar with the Daniel Fast, it is based on the diet that Daniel ate in the book of Daniel, chapter 10. Now the Lord led me on Daniel Fasts in the past, but they were always for 21 days, the length of time that Daniel fasted. So when He very clearly spoke to my heart that I was to fast for 40 days this time, I was surprised. My first reaction was not good. I actually got upset. I am ashamed to admit this. I wish I would have been eager to obey. But instead, my mind went straight to what I would have to give up. I was thinking how deprived I would be. And for 40 whole days! I was not happy about it, to say the least. I had been through this before, so I knew the suffering involved in fasting. And even though the Lord provides grace and enables me to endure the fast, I still don't like it at first! I think part of my response was due to how previous fa