Promise 89 from Exodus 34:23-24

Ex. 34:23-24 - "Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. For I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no man shall covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the Lord your God." - There is nothing that God will ask us to do that wont be protected by Him. He asks that 3 times a year all the males leave their wives and children to go meet with Him. This passage comes right in the middle of God telling Moses which holidays to celebrate. Three times a year the men are to take celebration holidays with God and leave their families behind in the meantime. God knows the risk in that and what would worry the hearts of man, so He addresses it straight away with a promise, 'No man will touch your families and not only that, I'll even enlarge your territory while you're away.' I'm sure it would be easier to understand if the men were called to leave their families as in to go into battle, but they aren't, God is calling them out to celebrate the great things He has done. How often do we purposefully set aside time just to celebrate the great things He has done in our lives? We don't have to worry about time lost while we take celebration retreats because not only will He protect our time, He will expand our territory. He will enlarge the territory of our hearts and also enlarge the territory of that for which we have claimed for His kingdom.