Exodus 23:14-19

God likes to party! 

God commands the people of Israel to celebrate certain festivals every year as a way of remembering that they are freed people who belong to a new Master. 

Those festivals were ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, and while Christians are not commanded to follow these festivals, anymore, we are still to take time to intentionally & corporately remember the freedom we have in Jesus -- as a way of fighting against our old performance-driven nature.