S3:166 Psalm 81

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Watermark Community Church, Dallas, TX

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Bible, Devotional

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🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Do you remember and celebrate God’s faithfulness? In ancient Israeli culture, God commanded them to celebrate His past faithfulness to them through various feasts. In today’s episode, Emma Dotter points out how Psalm 81 was probably referencing the Feast of Tabernacles and is a foreshadowing of Christ dwelling among us. Celebrating God’s deeds is important because gratitude moves us to action and combats discouragement.

Additional Scriptures referenced:
Leviticus 23:40-42, “On the first day you are to take branches from luxuriant trees—from palms, willows and other leafy trees—and rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days. Celebrate this as a festival to the Lord for seven days each year. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come; celebrate it in the seventh month. Live in temporary shelters for seven days: All native-born Israelites are to live in such shelters.”
Deuteronomy 28, 32:13-14, “He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him with the fruit of the fields. He nourished him with honey from the rock, and with oil from the flinty crag, with curds and milk from herd and flock and with fattened lambs and goats, with choice rams of Bashan and the finest kernels of wheat. You drank the foaming blood of the grape.”
Luke 2:8, “And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.”

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0:00.0	All right, all right, join the Journey family, friends, and guests.
0:04.5	You're listening to Join the Journey podcast with your host, Emma, daughter.
0:10.0	Thanks for joining.
0:11.1	Today, we're reading Psalm 81, which is centered around celebrating God's deliverance of his people.
0:17.1	But I want us to each think about a time when we really felt celebrated.
0:22.1	For me, one memory that comes to mind is my birthday last year.
0:26.0	A couple friends took me out to lunch, but when we returned from lunch, little did I know.
0:30.5	They had planned a surprise birthday party with all my friends and coworkers and even some of my favorite treats,
0:37.1	one of which is cotton
0:38.2	candy ice cream. It's weird, I know, but I love it. We'd returned to Watermark after the lunch,
0:43.8	and we're in the elevator heading back up to our offices like normal. And when we stopped on the
0:48.3	fifth floor for one of the girls to get out and go to her office, the doors opened and there
0:52.7	was a whole crowd of people yelling surprise
0:55.1	and cheering for me. And I was shocked, especially because not only were my friends there,
0:59.6	but they knew me well enough to know the oddly specific treats that I like. It was amazingly kind,
1:05.3	and I felt so loved, cared for, and celebrated. Interestingly, the act of celebration was something God commanded of his people.
1:14.0	They weren't celebrating birthdays, or at least as far as I know,
1:17.3	but they were commanded to regularly celebrate his past faithfulness through various feasts.
1:23.5	These celebrations would cause God's people to reflect and respond with gratitude.
1:28.8	And while not everyone likes attention or a big surprise party, all of us want to be celebrated
1:33.0	and encouraged by our friends.
1:35.1	And while we don't celebrate the feast anymore, there's still a benefit to pausing to
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