When an era ends, everything may appear chaotic. However, the Holy Spirit hovers and governs over the chaos. God always stands at the beginning of any new shift, era, or dispensation: In the beginning… God. "Now the earth was chaos and waste, darkness was on the surface of the deep, and the Ruach Elohim was hovering upon the surface of the water." Genesis 1:2 TLV Throughout Scripture, movements arose when people recognized the spiritual significance of the time. Movements of God displace individual ambition and summon a people into corporate destiny for Kingdom purpose. The second time Jesus returns will differ from the first, when He came as one man, representing the Father and the Holy Spirit.
The Lord often uses things in the natural to speak to us supernaturally. One day I was in a powerful conference and suddenly a sweet perfume aroma filled the atmosphere. I knew it was the fragrance of the Lord and in that same moment the minister who was speaking shouted out: "Many of you are smelling the fragrance of God." Several of us smelled a glorious fragrance in the room but not everyone in the meeting did. Some people have a gift to discern what's in the atmosphere. For others, the Holy Spirit graciously allows them to sense or smell things in a moment.
There's something almost comical about denying yourself a cheeseburger in the name of spiritual discipline while simultaneously feasting on somebody else's business. We tend to think of fasting as giving something up. Food. Sugar. Alcohol. Social media. Coffee—which, depending on the person, may require more faith than moving a mountain. We abstain from something we enjoy because we want to create space for God, sharpen our spiritual awareness, practice self-control, or remind ourselves that our appetites don't have to control us. And all of that can be meaningful.