Deuteronomy 16;9

Deuteronomy 16:9 says, Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.  Moses said they were to number seven weeks from the time they harvested the corn.  Verse ten adds, And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:  Moses said they would celebrate the feast of weeks then, when they would bring a freewill offering according to how God had blessed them.  We today as followers of Christ need to bring our freewill offerings to God in accordance with how He has blessed us.  Verse eleven continues, And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.  Moses said that everyone was to rejoice before God in the place that He had chosen.  We as families need to rejoice before the Lord in the place He chooses.  Verse twelve states, And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.  Moses said that they were to remember that they were bondmen in Egypt before God set them free, and we need to remember that we in bondage to sin until Jesus Christ set us free.  Verse thirteen adds, Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:  They were then to observe the feast of tabernacles for seven days, after they had gathered their corn and wine.  Verse fourteen continues, And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.  Once more, Moses said all within their gates were to rejoice.  It would be a much better world if we could have everyone in our family, community and nation to rejoice in the Lord.  Verse fifteen concludes, Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.  Moses said that they were to keep the feast for seven days in the place God chose, because God would bless them in their increase.  We used to have week long revivals to celebrate how God had blessed us and to call others to worship Him, but now we just don't seem to have the time.  Maybe that is why God doesn't give us an increase in blessings.