In my last blog I said I would explain why I chose forty days as the time frame for my experiment with God. Here it goes. I chose the period of time I did because of Biblical precedent.

It seems like forty is some sort of sacred number. By the way, before I go any further, I am not one of those who plays with numerology in an over-the-top manner. There is some significance to why Bible writers used certain numbers, but not any more than the Bible itself explains. For forty years the wandering Israelites ate manna in the wilderness while trying to find their way home. The flood in the days of Noah lasted forty days and forty nights. Jesus fasted and experienced trial forty days in the desert. There are more examples.

This number is used in conjunction with testing, searching, captivity, and change.

It appears to me that it is a reasonable time frame to allow God to work on a person in a concentrated fashion. I am 10 days into my effort and I have seen some things I might have missed before. I’ll share those details along the way. For now, suffice it to say, I have spoken to about 15-20 people with direct conversations on the topic of “why am I here?” and “what is God’s plan for the world?” and the responses have been insightful, and not as uniformly consistent as I expected. Day Ten.