Several thousand years ago, God spoke directly to Moses and instituted a new festival for His people. In Exodus 23:16, according to Mosess record, God said, Celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field.
Today countries around the world do something similar by celebrating the lands bounty. In Ghana, the people celebrate the Yam Festival as a harvest event. In Brazil, Dia de Acao de Gracas is a time to be grateful for the crops that yielded their food. In China, there is the Mid-Autumn (Moon) Festival. In the United States and Canada: Thanksgiving.
To understand the fitting goal of a harvest celebration, we visit Noah right after the flood. God reminded Noah and his familyand usof His provision for our flourishing existence on the earth. Earth would have seasons, daylight and darkness and seedtime and harvest (Gen. 8:22). Our gratitude for the harvest, which sustains us, goes to God alone.
No matter where you live or how you celebrate your lands bounty, take time today to express gratitude to Godfor we would have no harvest to celebrate without His grand creative design.
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