Periodically through the years, we’ve usually entered a season of fasting not because tradition requires it, but because friction of kingdom transition and advancement demands it, and we are in one of those seasons now. This month’s fasting aligns with a series of teachings we’ve been engaging in relating to the principle of paradigm shift, and I have no doubt that what the Spirit is saying is giving us the needed insight and perspective in making those highly required decisions.

There is nothing that produces clarity of mind like fasting. It does not replace any dimension of human life; rather, it exposes the flaws, weaknesses, and limitations that block a person from discovering and fulfilling what God has set before them. Fasting is an instrument of transformation, reformation, and realignment. It changes how we perceive and how we engage with the world around us.

We live in an unprecedented season. The nature of these days demands a continuous upgrade in spiritual awareness and interaction, especially for anyone who carries a deep sense of divine visionary calling.

The forces arrayed against our destinies are not passive. Satanic operations have been unleashed within the space of human life, each designed to create unrest, uncertainty, confusion, fear, doubt, discouragement, and the sense of complete failure.

Many who are not discerning and tracking in the spirit have already concluded that the problem is natural. The job is not working. The finances are not aligning. The account does not balance. The workplace is issuing threats. The business seems not to be working the way expected. Social migrational policies have turned hostile.

Lives are being threatened and in some cases, taken without justice. Check Habakkuk chapter 1. There is pressure on every side, sending subliminal messages engineered to make you flee, and if you’re not spiritually anchored, you will respond to the pressure rather than to the word of the Lord.

The scripture instructs us to fix our attention not on the things that are seen but on the things that are unseen, for the things that are seen are temporary, but the things that are unseen are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18). Eternal things must become so clear that our motivations and inspiration are not designed by temporary realities. Our decisions must now shift towards an upgraded paradigm anchored in what is not yet known or visible to the eyes. We must refuse to be governed by what we see or will eventually feel.

Having said this, we must differentiate between responding by the feeling of fear, and moving courageously towards the next prophetic emphasis of heaven. We must not allow pride or a sense of failure to keep us bound to a place or location whose season has ended. The need to be guided by the leading of the Spirit is highly important in this period. And this is the context into which we enter this month's fast.