What does our piety indicate about our worldview? The object and motives for our fasting differ from those of the Pharisees in Jesus’ day. For the disciples after Jesus ascended, and all believers since, Jesus is the object of our attention in our fast, as we seek His face, His forgiveness, and His guidance in our grief over our continued unfaithfulness. With Jesus present, the disciples’ focus was still on Him, but uniquely, as they enjoyed a time of feasting not fasting, a foretaste of the day when all His bride will gather with Him in glory face to face.
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