Isaiah calls for True Fasting

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People were keeping their religious obligations and even fasting. But they were corrupt and oppressed their employees. Isaiah called them to True Fasting.

 


 

BIBLE VERSES

 

Isaiah 58:6. Is this not 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, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? (NIV translation)

Isaiah 58:7. 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? (NIV translation)

Isaiah 58:8. Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

 

DISCUSSION

 

Those verses describe the ultimate kind of fasting. This is the fasting that has God’s highest endorsement.

We are to fast from hypocrisy. We are to stop enslaving people. We are to stop oppressing people.

We are to liberate people from bondage. We are to give food to people who are hungry. We are to provide housing for people who are homeless. We are to provide clothing for people who need it. We must stop ignoring human suffering.

After we do those things, change will occur. Our spiritual lives will be transformed. We will be taken to a whole new level.

Wouldn’t it be great to experience life in those ways?

 

CAUTION

Fasting is only for those who are medically capable. Check with your health care provider. Experts say you need to be under the supervision of a doctor during the time of a fast.

 

SEE ALSO

Bible Verses about Fasting. To fast is to abstain from eating. And possibly drinking. Or to follow a restricted diet. It is a wonderful companion during special times in our lives.

 


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