The second time I did seven days dry fast wasn’t an easy experience for me at all. I’d done the first one, it wasn’t that difficult for me because I felt God led me to do it. The second time, the hunger for the fasting came while someone was preaching. I went to redemption camp with some of my friends and it wasn’t even funny.

It was so hard. I tried to push with my strength. One day as I was taking my bath in the shower, water just entered my mouth and I was refreshed . I opened my mouth and drank more water there and thanked the Lord. In fact, I bathed four times that day so I could drink more water there. People were even wondering why I was always bathing

I called my mom and told her to call me back in three minutes time and lie to me that someone died in our family so I can quit the fasting and return home. When I left redemption camp, the first thing I did was to drink a bottle of cold coke.

The idea and bottom like is simple: If God told you to do it, He’ll provide the strength for it.

The problem is that we’re performance-based and not rest-based.

Jesus was led into the wilderness where he fasted for forty days and forty nights; don’t try it if you’re not led into the wilderness.

People burnout because they’re trying it their power and strong mind. “I am going to start praying from today, 4 hours daily”… My brother, you have not prayed in two years and you want to do four hours? There’s no way you’ll achieve that. It’s not that easy and it’s not just about determination.

Most times, people do these things because of what they hear a preacher say. A preacher can say he fasted for 30 days dry and you’d start planning your own. That’s not how it works. You don’t even know if the preacher is telling lies or saying the truth, you can’t.

And I’m not even downplaying the enabling ability of the Spirit, I’m talking about obedience here. You need to start to discipline your self gradually and stop all these performance-based spiritual activities because they do not procure rewards from the Lord!

Sermon By Pastor Dolapo Lawal. Edited and Transcribed By Kingdom Channel

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