Shoo, fly

Last time I challenged you to do the Daniel fast for the entire forty days. Jesus fasted for 40 days and 40 nights in the wilderness and afterward, was tempted by Satan (Matt 4:1-3; Luke 4:2). Moses fasted 40 days on Mount Horeb before he was given the Ten Commandments (Exo. 34:28-29). Elijah fasted for 40 days during a trip from the wilderness to Mount Horeb (1 Kings 19:8). But forty days has biblical significance beyond this.
The flood, which cleansed the earth of wickedness, lasted 40 days. Besides Moses fast, his life could be divided into three periods of forty: 40 years in Egypt, 40 years in the desert, 40 years bringing the Israelites to the Promised Land. Jonah told Ninevah they had 40 days to repent or expect judgment from God. The people fasted (Jon 3:5).
It is interesting to note that pesticides are put on crops for forty days in order to destroy flies. If applied for less time, the next generation of flies lives. We read in Matt 12:24 that the Pharisees accused Jesus of casting out demons by the power of Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons. Beelzebub means “lord of the flies.”
So how does this all relate to Forty Days for Life? Flies are just one of the animals the Bible uses to represent demons. Like the need for 40 days of pesticides, if we fast for forty days, we may help destroy the demons in our society which are destroying the unborn. Consider fasting for forty days to help destroy the “flies” in our city,
Franklin, Jentezen. “Fasting.” Charisma House, 2008. Chapter 5.