Since my team began fasting together, I have been studying fasting. What are God’s purposes in fasting? What should true fasting look like, focus on, etc.? The Lord has shown me that the World Race is true fasting as a lifestyle.
The Lord says in Isaiah 58, “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter- when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Then your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the Lord with answer: you will cry for help, and He will say, ‘Here am I.’ If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will shine in the darkness and your night will become like the noonday.” (v. 6-10)
This is what the World Race is all about. It’s about bringing hope to the hopeless, proclaiming freedom to the captive, and fighting for justice on behalf of the oppressed. And in the process I will find healing, I will hear from the Lord, and my life will begin to radiate His glory and righteousness. This is true fasting, a fast acceptable to the Lord.
I know many of you are wondering where we are going and what we will be doing. I still don’t have all of that information, but this promo video will show a little more of what the race looks like. For more information about what ministries we might be partnering with check out the World Race website at www.theworldrace.org.
