Then they said to him, ‘John’s disciples, like the disciples of the Pharisees, frequently fast and pray, but your disciples eat and drink.’ Jesus said to them, ‘You cannot make wedding-guests fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you? The days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days.’ (Luke 5:33-35)

How are we to approach God?

Fasting and prayer is the typical practice across many religious traditions.

John's followers were preoccupied with their sin. They approached God with fasting and sacrifice.

Jesus taught the joy of God's love. His disciples celebrated being present with God.

Sin and separation marked the follower's of Jesus as well. But they were (are?) focused on God's grace.