This is Chuck McDonald typing. What you have been reading in the past has been blogging from my wife, Tammy. I am going to be a “guest blogger” maybe once a week…we will see how it goes. I am not going to give you much of a background on our ministry since Tammy has been handling that well for a few years, but rather I am going to let you know what makes me tick and what I consider the reason for life…giving glory to God!
To rush right in, I am starting a fast today. There are many reasons to fast, but mine was started because God called me to it. I have prepared by taking only juice for the last 7 days and now I begin the 40 day water fast (I believe I will also have hot tea). What is this fast all about? It is about understanding better that life is all about God. He made this known to me about 4 years ago when my wife underwent cancer. I won’t go into details on that either since she is going to do a upteen-part series on how the ministry came into being soon which will include that revelation. I believe that now He is going to take me into a deeper understanding of what that means, even to the extent of not having food for 40 days and placing my total reliance for my very physical existence on Him.
A songwriter wrote something like this…when I yearn for the Holy Spirit over life itself then Christ will live in me (paraphrasing a lot). This is what I truly believe and I think that my desire for this has prompted our Lord to tell me to fast so that I can understand this better. I look for my yearning for Him to increase, to hear Him more clearly so I can humbly follow His direction better and for my love for Him to grow so that everything in my life will flow from that love….tall order I know, but I know that all things are possible with God….and remember, He called me to this fast.