Deut 16

Deuteronomy 16:11-15

And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your towns, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, at the place that the LORD your God will choose, to make his name dwell there.12 You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt; and you shall be careful to observe these statutes.13 "You shall keep the Feast of Booths seven days, when you have gathered in the produce from your threshing floor and your winepress.14 You shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your towns.15 For seven days you shall keep the feast to the LORD your God at the place that the LORD will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you will be altogether joyful.

The command is to rejoice!  You must have a good time; no excuses!  Make sure you don't fail to be happy!

 

The command is serious however.  If you will not rejoice when the Lord has blessed you TO THE LORD then your heart is such that it cannot receive blessings; you have proven to yourself and God that you are not a child of His.

 

Hebrews 10:31

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Don't be found not rejoicing in your God!

 

Praise You Father that You have revealed Yourself as one to be rejoiced in.

Praise You Son that You receive our rejoicing.

Praise You Spirit that You work in our hearts to rejoice.

 

Rejoicing with you,

Pastor Greg