Saturday (4/4/2015)

Thought for the Day: 

“Dayenu (Hebrew  דַּיֵּנוּ) is a song that is part of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The word ‘Dayenu’ means approximately ‘it would have been enough for us’, ‘it would have been sufficient’, or ‘it would have sufficed.’  This traditional up-beat Passover song is over one thousand years old.  The song is about being grateful to God for all of the gifts he gave the Jewish people, such as taking them out of slavery, giving them the Torah and Shabbat, and had God only given one of the gifts, it would have still been enough.” [Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayenu].  This song is about giving thanks to God for His superabundant loving care that He has bestowed upon His people. 

Christ and His disciples ate the Passover meal (we typically call this the Last Supper) and then went to the garden to pray.  It was there that Judas betrayed Jesus and turned Him over to the authorities.  He was condemned, scourged, and crucified.  The scriptures declare on the third day He rose victorious from the grave.  It is His sacrificial death and resurrection that paid the penalty so that we are set free from the debt that we owed because of our sins.  Jesus truly is the Lamb that takes away the sin of the world!

Accepting this truth by faith you have been set free, so in your own heart can you say, “Dayenu”?  This one fact alone should be adequate for us to say, “it is enough for us.”  I find in my own heart, that many times apparently it isn’t enough.  I want more.  I decide that I cannot be happy and satisfied unless God gives me more of the things I want.  These things may be good and wholesome; but what kind of people are we if we continuously need a supply of blessing from God to remain thankful?  Are we even aware of the great deed that He has done in redeeming us from our sins?  Dayenu!  Because of His act, we can now boldly come before the Throne of Grace in prayer where Christ Himself intercedes for us.  Dayenu!  He sent His Holy Spirit to indwell, guide, and strengthen us. Dayenu!  He has broken the power of sin and given us a new nature in Christ. Dayenu!  He has given us His word, the scriptures that we might better understand Him and what He desires.  Dayenu!  He has prepared a place for us to be with Him for all eternity.  Dayenu!  I may not have everything that I could desire; however, Dayenu!  I could go on and on but what God has given us on that first Easter is enough!  He has richly blessed us with the most important things.  Therefore, let us lift our hearts and with joyous hearts announce to the Lord, Dayenu!