Acts 13:2-3

While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”  Then, after they had fasted and prayed and placed their hands on them, they sent them off.

Barnabas and Saul are commissioned to the work God has called them to. Fasting with a heart that is seeking the Lord builds our relationship with God. There is power in it, and the early church regularly practiced it. Guided by the Holy Spirit, fasting is part of their lives surrendered to Jesus. It is uplifting to see these men seeking God and praying together, and then to be affirmed and encouraged by the Holy Spirit. Lord God, if we seek You – You promise that we will find You. Lead us to true worship! John 4:23 says, “Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.”