Who's Hiding?
The other day, I fasted. Hadn't done a whole day in years! Lol. I lived. As a way to kick off the fast, I read Isaiah 58. I've always called it the "fasting chapter." But I was surprised when I found it isn't about fasting at all. Lol. (I'll be posting on my main ministry blog about it sometime this week. You can catch that blog on my ministry website Dove's Fire Ministries .) Besides my discovery that I'd been wrong all these years (lol), I found a phrase that grabbed my attention. Isaiah is explaining that fasting is really not effective if you're not doing the works. Of course, works don't save us. But works are a natural by-product of a heart and life fully given to God. (Check out James2) In verses 6 and 7, Isaiah is listing things that needed to be changed in the lives of those who wanted to live holy and truly "fast." It's a good list, really. Free those wrongly imprisoned Stop oppressing those who work for you Treat wo...