Isaiah 58:6-7 ‘ Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? ‘

DAILY READING; • Acts 25; Ruth 1-2; Psalm 47

Dr. Charles Mutua Mully is a celebrated philanthropist, entrepreneur, environmentalist and the founder of Mully Children’s Family (MCF). Mully Children’s Family is a Christian organization that works to transform the lives of the poor and oppressed.
Dr. Charles Mully himself was once a victim of great poverty and oppression, until God completely transformed him.
He was born in 1949, in Kenya, as the youngest of 10 children to an alcoholic father who was so poverty stricken that he became a beggar. When Mully was only six years old, he was abandoned by his parents to live as a beggar on the streets of Kenya.
As a teenager, Mully trekked 44 miles to the capital city, Nairobi, where he continued to beg until he was eventually taken in by a rich family who fed him in return for doing house chores.
Due to his diligent work, the master of the house offered Mully a job at his agricultural company. At about the same time, Mully surrendered his life to Christ and became a Christian.
Mully worked hard and rose through the ranks in the agricultural company. After some years, he established his own business and God prospered him greatly until he became a millionaire.
One day, during a business trip, he drove his Mercedes into a street where some street children who were high on drugs asked him to pay them money to protect his car. Mully refused. After the business meeting he came out to discover that his car had been stolen. He had to take public transportation back home.
After this experience, Mully felt the Lord leading him to do something to help the street children, which he once used to be. From then on, Mully began to bring in abandoned children to live with his family. Within six years, he would have more than 300 children living with him.
In 1989, he founded the Mully Children’s Family (MCF], which has been called the “World’s Largest Family’’, with now over 3,500 children. These children are housed in six campuses where they are cared for, taught God’s Word and trained to live valuable lives.

As believers, God has called us to make a difference in the world, one life at a time. As we have received mercy, we are also to release mercy.
Especially during seasons of fasting and praying, God requires us to help the poor and oppressed. From God’s perspective, fasting with no heart for the oppressed or action taken on their behalf is a mere empty gesture.
In Isaiah 58, the people of Israel approached God after a day of fasting, asking if He had seen and noticed their act of contrition.
But rather than commend their efforts, God painted a vastly different picture of fasting for them—one that begins with loosening the bond of wickedness, undoing and breaking every yoke, and letting the oppressed go free.

Indeed the focus of our fasts should be breaking the yokes of bondage, not only in our own lives, but also in the lives of others. If we fast as the Lord intends, then we will share our bread with the hungry, bring the homeless poor into our houses and when we see the naked, we cover them.
God is pleased by such practical show of love.
Jesus set the example for us in Luke 4:18 when He declared “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,”
Jesus gave His life on the Cross to set us totally free from oppression. And just as Jesus Christ has made a difference in our hearts, we are also to make a difference in the world. We have been revived to revive others.
We may not be able to single-highhandedly effect broad systemic change, but every loving deed, every kind word, every positive action makes a difference in the world.
Many people right now are praying for a miracle. We can be an answer to that prayer. No matter where you are or what challenges you’re facing, you can look beyond your needs and allow God use you to bring a smile to someone’s face in this season.
Certainly, when we water others we will be watered also. And when we live to give, we will never lack God’s blessings.

PRAYER: Lord, Please grant me the grace to spread revival to the lives of other people. Help me to look beyond my own needs and seek rather for ways to be a blessing to the oppressed. As I do, I thank You for overflowing my life with Your blessings in Jesus Name..

QUOTE
God is preparing you for the season He prepared your breakthrough. – WORDBITE 222