255. It Would Have Been Sufficient

Recently on a Holistic Hearts episode, we talked about the Rocks of Remembrance.

Go back a couple of episodes if you have not had a chance to listen.

We talked about those beautiful truths and testimonies that we have witnessed firsthand with Jesus.

In this episode of Holistic Hearts, I want to offer another way to bring your heart to attention.

And this is so good when you're in a season of needing to remember, of needing to be reminded of God's faithfulness.

And it's appropriate because as we put this out into the world, it is the week of Easter and also Passover.

Hey, guys, I'm Kristen.

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All right.

So every year, my family celebrates Passover.

And let me back up a little bit.

I grew up with one parent who was a follower of Jesus, and that was my mom.

And then my dad and stepmom are.

Were.

Are Jewish.

And I celebrated Passover with my immediate family a handful of times growing up.

And when I met my husband, he was a believer too, a Christian.

And I discovered his family celebrated Passover because in their point of view and what they had learned and study, it all pointed to Jesus.

So I've learned a ton over these last 20 years plus of being married to the sweet Chadwick family and the legacy that they have instilled in their own kids around traditions of the Jewish culture.

And one of the most beautiful things that I have learned around and really repeated over the years is part of Passover called the Dayan Dayanu.

There we go.

It's a hard word to say for me, I don't know why.

Dayanu.

And it's a song and prayer where you repeatedly say the declaration and Thanksgiving words.

It would have been sufficient.

It's a song of gratitude that lists all of the miraculous things that God did for the Israelites, from bringing them out of Egypt, out of slavery, to splitting the Red Sea, to giving them the Torah, to bringing them into the promised Land.

And after each one the congregation joyfully sings Dianu.

It would have been enough.

That's what's repeated in the Passover Seder dinner.

Now, Jewish scholars point out that Dianu isn't saying any single miracle would have literally been enough.

It's an expression of overwhelming gratitude.

It's kind of like saying, you already blew me away, and then you did more.

Now, friend, that is pure gratitude and worship.

And we find out in the New Testament that Jesus himself sang the Halelp hymns, which include the Diano themes from the night of the Last Supper.

If you've watched any of the chosen season five, you're gonna witness this scene and how it's done.

Matthew 26, 17:30 is specifically where we find this in scripture.

And that's where Jesus celebrates the Last Supper.

And he is the spotless lamb of Passover.

Guys, there's so much history here.

It's hard to dive into one episode.

So bear with me if this feels like a fire hose of information.

But at the Passover, the wine set on the tables in front of them now represented the blood of Jesus in this expression and in this prophetic demonstration with Jesus there.

So the wine now represented the blood of Jesus instead of the blood of the lamb.

The bread, or the matzah, was the bread of life, which is pointing towards Jesus's body broken for us.

And I have to wonder if the disciples were sitting around that table having major epiphanies as Jesus was speaking, like, oh, my word.

Oh, my word.

This traditional feast that they had celebrated every year took on a whole new level of truth for them and now for us.

So both the Passover feast and the Last Supper representing a deliverance that's intense.

At verse 30, if you keep reading, they sing a hymn together, which was the halel, which was Psalm 115 through 118.

And he knew Jesus knew he was going to go into suffering beyond, beyond their imagination.

And yet he honored and gave God glory in that last supper.

So what is your day on?

Oh, my goodness, you guys, this is our day.

Anu, what is your day?

Anu, if you sat at a table with loved ones, what would your list be?

I started to think about this as we were preparing for this season, and I just started to journal down.

If you had only blank, it would have been enough.

But then you also blank.

And so my question for you today as a holistic hearts listener and as somebody who is hungry for more, hungry to give our whole hearts in worship, to align ourselves with kingdom mindset, what if you sat down and you wrote out Your own list of dayanu.

If you had only blank, it would have been enough.

But then you also blank.

So for example, if you've ever had a season where you were counting on the Lord for provision, what was a way that he showed his faithfulness in that season?

And say it out loud.

If God had only given me that blessing of someone paying for my bills that month, dayanu, it would have been enough.

Another practical way you can practice Dianu.

Instead of writing it down in your journal, you could also do something that one of my friends showed me a while ago that he would write down on post it notes the things that God had done.

He had witnessed.

He had seen it with his own eyes.

He had watched God's faithfulness and his goodness show up.

And he would write it on post it notes and stick it on his computer in the classroom.

And every time the bell rang, he would go over, look upon his computer, look at those post it notes, and give God the glory for those things that had come through.

If you had only blank, it would have been enough.

But then you also blank, right?

So the places of joy or of healing or of God winks, or any place that you know that you know, that you know that you have seen his goodness, write it down on a post it note and put it up on a bathroom mirror or your coffee pot in the morning or in your car dashboard.

This will remind us to continue to come back and recognize what he's already done.

Especially like I said at the beginning, if you're in a season of needing that reminder of he is good to come back.

And it brings our hearts back to God's character, His glory, his beauty.

So maybe you can find those three things and stick them on a sticky note and put it on your bathroom mirror as a Diana moment each time you get ready for the morning or jump in your car or make that pot of coffee in the morning, those are all great ways to turn our affections back to Him.

And the power of gratitude and worship is beyond measure.

It's astounding, really.

Not only does it raise our spirits, but it also helps regulate our system.

God knew we needed regulation before we even discovered what regulation was.

And those gratitude moments, these dayanu moments where we recognize what he has done, are pivotal for our spirit.

Another thing I want to point out is we often thank God for these big answers to prayer or big things that we've seen come to fruition, like maybe a new job or you've been praying for spouse or baby or healing or you name it, those big things.

But what about, as you're writing your list, thinking about your list of dayanu moments, what about those little everyday moments?

Or we can even call them those Red Sea moments, right?

They crossed the Red Sea and the Jordan before they even got to the promised land, the big, the big thing.

But they were the everyday moments where even the Red Sea and the Jordan, those are big moments too.

But every day God provided manna.

He provided bread every day for the Israelites as they traveled through the wilderness.

He made a way through the wilderness.

So what are those Red Sea moments, those everyday manna moments that you can start to recognize and give him the worship that he deserves.

So to close out this episode, I'm going to play some instrumental music and I want you to just practice saying out loud.

You don't even have to journal it down.

You can later if you would like, but just practice saying out loud.

If you had only blank, it would have been sufficient.

If you had only blank, it would have been sufficient.

So I'm going to give you some time and that's going to wrap up this episode.

And I encourage you, my friend, if you have never been to a Seder or Passover, to go and check out somewhere that is participating in this experience in this season because it is truly a beautiful representation of the blood of the Lamb and how powerful and prophetic all of that was pointing towards Jesus the Messiah 2000 plus years later.

So I encourage you to do that.

Here we go.

Take some time.

As you're walking, driving, just say it out loud.

If you had only blank, it would have been sufficient.

Take care.

See you next time.

Sat sa.