What does it mean to truly seek God with everything we have? In this exploration of Matthew 6:16-18, we are invited into one of the most neglected yet powerful spiritual disciplines in the Christian life: fasting. Jesus does not present fasting as an optional extra for the especially devoted -- He assumes His followers will fast. The question He raises is not whether we fast, but how and why. The passage cuts straight to the heart, warning us against the trap of performing spiritual disciplines for the approval of those watching us rather than for God alone. The Pharisees fasted twice a week, yet their fasting was hollow because it was aimed at an audience of people rather than an audience of One. As we examine what biblical fasting actually looks like -- from David lying on the ground pleading for his child, to the king of Nineveh calling an entire city to abstain from food and water, to Ezra leading a fast before a dangerous journey -- a consistent thread emerges: fasting is what happens when something becomes so urgent, so weighty, so beyond our own strength, that we are willing to lay aside even our most basic needs to cry out to God. It is the outward expression of an inward desperation for Him. This message challenges us to ask whether we have allowed fasting to become a forgotten discipline in our lives, and what we might be missing by its absence.