14 “Three times you shall keep a feast to Me in the year: 15 You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread (you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt; none shall appear before Me empty); 16 and the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field; and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered in the fruit of your labors from the field. 17 “Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord God.
Exodus 23:14-17 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/exo.23.14-17.NKJV.
Feasts played a key role in remembrance. The feast of unleavened bread was used to commemorate the beginning of the Exodus from Egypt. We’d recall how the Israelites were instructed by God to eat this bread moments before leaving captivity. The other two feasts, the feast of the harvest and the ingathering were related to the productivity of the land. Since God had blessed them with fruits and a bumper harvest, they were to hold these feasts in commemoration of His provision. Today, some of us live in an agrarian society so we can identify with this. The first fruits entailed the first harvests which were dedicated to the Lord. The ingatherings seemed to allude to the full harvest. Possibly for some of us living in a non-agrarian set up, we might not identify with this. But we could connect it to our daily vocation…our work. We are to be thankful for what God has blessed us with materially. Isn’t it interesting that God’s goodness and faithfulness was celebrated in the form of feasts? All were to enjoy and not just a few. Infact from previous verses, we even saw God’s provision for poor people through the sabbatical year where they were to glean from the fields even as servants were set free. God is concerned with the welfare of all and not just a few. Perhaps something we could learn today.
LIFE SCRIPTS 
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