Infinite joy is offered us

A devotional book I was reading the other day contained an except by C. S. Lewis which did not speak directly to fasting, but as I thought about its message, seemed to apply to the idea of letting go of some of God's small blessings for the sake of pursuing His greater blessing.

"If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased."

Father, may I be pleased to give up a little in the hope of taking hold of all that you are offering me. May this time of corporate fasting be the beginning of a renewed step of faith in putting all I have before you, knowing that when I delight in you, you will give me the desires of my heart. Amen.