Funny thing…if we were to be drawing closer to the Father, than why are/were we so caught up in returning to the movie theaters, tv shows, or such activities that distract us from the Father? I mean, we were given time when things were shutdown to draw closer, to utilize the time we had been given to seek the Father, to open up our spiritual eyes, hearts, and giftings, but many did not. Many were so caught up in being whiney, complaining about not being able to do this or that, and focusing more on their so-called rights being violated. Claiming that the enemy had some sort of victory instead of realizing that the Father permitted it. I have to laugh because when we are forced into a position of discomfort or a place where things are removed, we cannot see that the Father had His hand in it. We fail to see that we weren’t listening when He called us to fast, to consecrate, to remove these very distractions to draw closer, to become more sensitive to what was really happening in the spirit realm, to be prepared for what was to come and what was already at hand…He tested us. When will the Father be enough?
“Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded” James 4:8.
“[Is] not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? [Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward. Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I [am]. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; And [if] thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness [be] as the noonday: And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. And [they that shall be] of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in” Isaiah 58:6-12.