April 08: RALLYING TO CELEBRATE

One of the primary reasons for the sounding of the trumpet was to bring all the people together for a celebration. Celebrating together is of significant importance to the Body of Christ. Some see it as foolishness and waste of time. In reality, it is one of the more important things we do together. Few things encourage us more than celebrating together. The writer of Hebrews stated that coming together is of great importance—especially as we see the coming of our Lord drawing near.

 

And sometimes celebration needs to be simply to encourage us—even when it seems there is no good reason to celebrate at all. The following true story is a good example of this kind of celebration.

Author Leo Buscaglia tells this story about his mother and their "misery dinner." It was the night after his father came home and said it looked as if he would have to go into bankruptcy because his partner had absconded with their firm's funds. His mother went out and sold some jewelry to buy food for a sumptuous feast. Other members of the family scolded her for it. But she told them that "the time for joy is now, when we need it most, not next week." Her courageous act rallied the family. —Christopher News Notes, August, 1993

Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. (Hebrews 10:25 NIV)

Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the sacred tent and anointed Solomon. Then they sounded the trumpet and all the people shouted, "Long live King Solomon!" (1 Kings 1:39 NIV)

And in that day a great trumpet will sound. Those who were perishing in Assyria and those who were exiled in Egypt will come and worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem. (Isaiah 27:13 NIV)
 

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