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As I read
this chapter, I had one overarching thought.
This chapter is about remembrance.
It is about remembrance on many levels, but it is fundamentally about
remembrance. God desires His people to
have feasts – or holy days – because it is important to remember.
One level of
remembrance is to make sure that we don’t forget what the Lord has done for
us. Isn’t that a challenging task? I find that I am all too quick to forget how God
has been there for me in the past. I
call on Him when I am in need, and He has always been there! The next time I am in need I rush to the Lord
in a panic, however, completely forgetting how He has been there for me every
single time in the past.
A second
level of remembrance is to give thanks to Him for what He is currently
doing. This is why we tithe. This is why the Lord calls us to give of the
firstfruits of the harvest. God has His
hand in all that is currently going on, we should remember to thank Him for
what is in in the middle of doing. We
should remember not just what He has done for us, but intentionally look for
how He continues to bless us.
A third
level of remembrance is simply to remember who the Lord is. We need to remember the character of the
Lord. We need to look for ways to bring
His character into our character. We
should be looking to learn from the character of the Lord so that we become
more like Him and less like our natural, sinful nature.
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