Lent: Fast to Feast

For many Christians, when Lent season comes around, we partake in a period of fasting where we give something up to observe and remember the life of Jesus. However, we can get confused in thinking that Lent is for personal development when the real reason why we fast is to develop an awareness of our deep-seated dependence on God. The season of Lent captures the essence of the three-act drama leading up to Easter Sunday: we look within ourselves to identify our default operations of living, we look upwards to the Father and tune into what he is doing, and we look outwards to share the celebration that is Easter Sunday.