My youngest runs cross country and on Fridays he has to be at practice at 5:45 am. This particular practice is typically only 20 minutes or so. So today, I decided to sit in the car and wait rather than drive home and start the coffee and then turn around and drive right back to pick him up.
As I sat there in the car, I listened to the Pray-As-You-Go prayer and reading for today. The text came from Luke 5. Jesus was being questioned by the Pharisees as to why John’s disciples fasted and prayed and his disciples didn’t. Take a look at Jesus’ response:
33 They said to him, “John’s disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.” 34 Jesus answered, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? 35 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast.”
I have read this many times before but before today – before the question was asked by the speaker in the guided prayer portion of the podcast – I have never thought about these verses in this way. The speaker pointed out that in our lives there are times for prayer and fasting and there are times for celebration. Then he asked, “What time is it for you?”
Jesus’ point was that there would be a time for his disciples to fast and pray, but while he was with them, it would be a time of celebration.
Do we celebrate times when we feel God’s presence in a fresh way? Do we seek out time alone with Jesus and then celebrate that time?
What do you have to celebrate today?
I encourage you to take some time to celebrate this weekend.
Clay in the Hands 
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