In This Way: Not Getting Ahead of Oneself

9“And you, take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and emmer,^b and put them into a single vessel and make your bread from them. During the number of days that you lie on your side, 390 days, you shall eat it. 10And your food that you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels^c a day; from day to day^d you shall eat it. 11And water you shall drink by measure, the sixth part of a hin;^e from day to day you shall drink. ~ Ez 4:9-11

Observations:

• Ezekiel had to slow down because he was on rations
• Eating and drinking became points of obedience
• Enjoyment took a back seat to preference
• Clock and calendar are task masters
• Preparation required for 390 day assignment
• Diversity in provision prescribed
• wheat and barley: grains
• beans and lentils: proteins
• millet and emmer: fiber (regularity)
• Bible never says how he amassed 7800 shekels of food
• He figured it out and gathered in obedience

Applications:

• Nobody's telling me how to get to 100%
• I need to figure it out and gather support in obedience
• Diversity in provision required
• churches 
• citizens
• businesses
• strangers
• Blizzard, winter and ice age require preparation
• Easter is the deadline to finish...clock and calendar
• What I enjoy and what I'm supposed to do aren't the same things
• Gathering support is a point of obedience
• response to the Great Commission
• living life's mission
• discipleship in the law enforcement officer nation
• modeling response to call for family
• I will be asked about all this at Judgement
• Pace matters...don't rush but be quick about it

Note: Fasting isn't a perpetual undertaking but it should be regular.  Since 30Aug19 my journal entries have skyrocketed.  Building a fasting regiment into writing calendar slows me down.  Slow is smooth and smooth is fast. (written 25Sep19)

Prayer: How do I write without burning out my wick? Content is a consuming flame.