Sukkot is meant to be a joyous occasion between GOD and HIS people. It is a time for all of us to reflect on HIS goodness, how HE has provided for and protected us. It is a time to remember how HE delivered HIS people from slavery in Egypt, which eventually led to HIS Son, Jesus, delivering all of mankind from sin and death.
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In addition, Sukkot is a time to meditate on how GOD continues to protect and provide for us, not only in the past but also in the present and the future. This is why times like these are so important for Christians to observe. Leviticus 23:4 says, “These are the appointed times of the LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times.” This is certainly a holy time to dedicate to the LORD.
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Sukkot is a time of remembrance, restoration, and renewal. It is GOD’s desire that we enter into HIS rest and be rejuvenated. As a result, we will make HIM the center of our attention. This should realign us to HIS heart's desire and help eliminate any distractions or obstacles that may prevent us from fulfilling HIS purpose in this season.

We must remember that our bodies are the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit, but sometimes life can cause us to get off course. The Feast of Sukkot is a special annual event that allows us to regain our focus and realign ourselves with GOD’s purpose. 
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HAPPY SUKKOT!

• The Purpose of Celebrating Sukkot
• Why Do We Dwell in Booths
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During the Feast of Sukkot, God's people are required to dwell in booths or huts. Leviticus 23:43 reads, “‘… that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God’” (NKJV).

The purpose of celebrating Sukkot is to place our full focus on God by remembering what He has done for us through His provisions and protections over the years. The annual feast of Sukkot is one awesome way to do this. Therefore, all Christians should honor their Creator by celebrating this Holy Day each year.

One of the three-fold significances of commemorating the annual Feast of Sukkot is remembering God's mighty redemptive works and His guiding hand in earthly events, specifically in rescuing His people from the destructive hands of Pharaoh. Exodus 10:2 reads, “… that you may recount and explain in the hearing of your son and your grandson what I have done [repeatedly] to make a mockery of the Egyptians—My signs [of divine power] which I have done among them—so that you may know [without any doubt] and recognize [clearly] that I am the Lord” (AMP).

We have a duty, a responsibility, to inform our children of God's goodness (Deuteronomy 11:19), how He brought the Israelites out of slavery, how He has brought you out of your own sinful bondage, how He rescued the Israelites from the cruel hands of Pharaoh, and how God rescued you from yourself.

​We must speak about the past from a biblical standpoint. We must also speak about our personal pasts from a relational standpoint to confirm to our children that they can believe, without any doubt, that they can trust God’s divine power to rescue them not only from those who rise up against them but also from sin and death. By sharing with our children biblical and our personal history with GOD will provide them the evidence of God’s miraculous ability and power that will make it clear that He is the Lord of lords. There is none like Him in power, authority, or ability.
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For seven days, God requires His people to dwell in temporary shelters to remind them how He provided booths for them in the wilderness while fleeing from Pharaoh. Sukkot is a time for us as Christians to reflect on how God was, and is, our main source of provision. His provisions are always right and on time, no matter what challenges we face.

Spending seven days in a booth allows us to reflect on God's goodness, mercy, and grace while reinforcing a clearer understanding of His love for us. This experience encourages us to further seal in our hearts and minds how good He is as our Father, and that no other father can provide for us as well as He does. He is the Father of fathers.

This is why reflecting on our past, as well as what God has done for His people in the past through the scriptures, is so important to our personal spiritual growth and in developing a stronger bond with Him. The Festival of Booths affords us a great opportunity to reflect on biblical times and our personal lives, recalling how God has provided for and protected us, helping us draw closer to Him so that He will draw ever closer to us (James 4:8).

HAPPY SUKKOT!

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• Exodus 23:14
• You Shall Celebrate

Exodus 23:14 reads, “Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast to Me” (NASB). I want to focus on that word “shall.” But let’s look at it in another version first. In the New King James Version, it reads, “Three times you shall keep a feast to Me in the year.” The Hebrew word for the phrase “you shall keep a feast” is hāḡaḡ. Hāḡaḡ simply means to keep a pilgrim feast.
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Now, to me, when I read that phrase in the Old Testament, “you shall keep a feast,” this applies to practices someone should do forever. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word "keep" as "to be faithful to" (as in keeping a promise); "to conform to in habits or conduct" (something we maintain in doing). But it is the intransitive verb form that I want to look at closely. In its intransitive state, "keep" means "to continue to maintain" (as in to preserve); "to continue usually without interruption" or "to persist in a practice" (as in conduct or manage).
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Let’s read the verse again in the Amplified version: “Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast [dedicated] to Me.”

Every year, the LORD expects HIS people to celebrate three annual feasts to HIM (Exodus 23:14-16):

1. Feast of Unleavened Bread
2. Feast of Harvest (Weeks, Pentecost, or First Fruits)
3. Feast of Ingathering (Booths or Tabernacles), also known as Sukkot

“Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast [dedicated] to Me.” So, the expectation here for GOD’s people is that they are to keep, or continue without interruption, or persist in celebrating this Holy Day called Sukkot. Drop down to verse 16 in Exodus chapter 23, it reads: “… You shall observe… the Feast of Ingathering… [Sukkot] …at the end of the year when you gather in the fruit of your labors from the field.”
 
In modern times, the fruit of our labor can be any business pursuits we have achieved, work or labor we have accomplished, enterprises we have pursued, anything we have created or made, any products we have produced, or anything we have achieved.
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The point we need to understand is this: whatever we have achieved, we are expected to come before the LORD during the annual event to celebrate before HIM each year at Sukkot – the Feast of Tabernacles (Booths), in remembrance of the time GOD’s people wandered in the wilderness when they lived in temporary shelters.