Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Devotion - Tuesday, February 12

Isaiah 58 speaks of the fast desired by God.  

I probably ought to start with a few comments about fasting.  This is a spiritual practice which has fallen out of popularity among us.  We hear of it, but rarely do we offer a fast.

Which may serve us well, when we read Isaiah 58.

The prophet reveals how those who fast had turned this into a show of their own piety.  They put on sackcloth and ashes on their heads.  The prophet asks, "Is this the fast God desires?"

This is the reply:
Is not this the fast I choose:
To loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the thongs of the yoke,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to break every yoke?
It is not to share your bread with the hungry,
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
and not to hide yourself from your own flesh

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