I have been fasting one day per week for the outcome of this election. The first time I did it was with the intention of Sarah Palin’s debate. To me that seemed a lost cause, yet after prayer and fasting, she absolutely blew him out of the water.
Seeing how well that worked, I continued to do so for the election’s outcome. That is why I am much more optomisitic than most people around me.
As a side note, I was feeling particularly down a couple of days ago about the confidence the Dems and even some “Republicans” were having regarding an Obama win. I got up early and prayed. I asked God to give me a little something in the way of guidance or comfort. I opened up my Bible to a random page and found the following that stood out to me:
“Tell him, ‘It is not for the man who is buckling his armor to boast as though he were taking it off.’”
-1 Kings 20:11
I don’t claim to be any kind of prophet. Nor do I know if it truly was God speaking. I do know it made me feel better.
I can’t remember an election in which there was a more stark reason for God’s intervention. I pray He does.
Yes, I saw clearly how effective prayer and fasting were for the VP debate. God’s hand was all over Sarah’s performance. And He has given her to us so there must be an OPPORTUNITY for victory somewhere here.
I, too, have had moments of discouragement. I go up and down every couple of hours! Today, as I was “randomly” looking for comfort in the Word I kept coming across passages about calling out to Him in the day of trouble: Ps 77:1 (I will cry out to God with my voice, even to God with my voice, and He will give ear and hearken to me); Ps 50 (And call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall honor and glorify me); and Ps 27: 5-7(For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter . . . Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud). It just happened to be the message that kept standing out to me today.
I am so GLAD to hear that you are fasting and praying for the election’s outcome. I believe there are many!