Our Fasting

We live like no one ever has. We have so much at our fingertips: so much food, entertainment, technology, information, and choice. So much of everything. It's hard to resist the impulse to overindulge. And when we see people intentionally going without, they tend to stand out. We admire those who live without a cell phone, without TV, without two cars, without... And when it's done for reasons of faith, they seem like radicals or saints, people who are really "going for it " with God. But is this what God wants? What does Jesus have to say about our fasting?