Joel 1

November 5, 2022

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Reading along with us in Joel? Here’s today’s reading:

Joel 1 (NIV)

1 The word of the Lord that came to Joel son of Pethuel.
An Invasion of Locusts
2 Hear this, you elders;
listen, all who live in the land.
Has anything like this ever happened in your days
or in the days of your ancestors?
3 Tell it to your children,
and let your children tell it to their children,
and their children to the next generation..........Continue Reading

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  1. I can hardly imagine what it must have been like for the Israelites to have all their crops destroyed by locusts and how it affected all aspects of their lives. It must have been terrifying for them! It is fitting that they turn to the Lord, the only One who can help them. The people are instructed by Joel to repent, fast and pray to God to heal their land. That’s good advice for us as well when we are going through difficult trials.

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  6. Over and over. Would like to say. What’s wrong with these people don’t they get it. God is sovereign over all things!! It’s no different today. We have become complacent and dulled from moral senses. Making us oblivious to sin. Pray for this country especially this week coming that God will return us to sanity

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  7. Joel gives the people of Israel a wake up call. All that you would hope to have going right is going wrong. All the things necessary for life are destroyed and things are desperate. But Joel then makes clear what the natural response should be: repent. And not only repent, but show signs of it, signs of regret, confession and mourning. Call a national assembly. Get the leaders and the tribes together and recognize together how far they have fallen. And not just to get back the things they have lost. But to return to the God that you should have been following all along. We don’t do much of these things as believers in Jesus…at least not in our church tradition, but there is a place for this. It is not about condemnation, but it is about expressing sorrow for sin that leads to repentance as we reflect on how wrong we have been to forsake a God who has been so wise and good.

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  8. When the locust leave nothing it really is all they have. They don’t run to the market like us and so their source of sustenance is gone. For their evil ways the judgement was severe and Joel is just screaming “make this right!”
    Repent, fast, call the elders….this is an all hands on deck moment for God’s people to get things back on track. How often we forget in the trials to just stop and look to God and get things back on track!

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  9. Hear this, you elders,
    And give ear, all you inhabitants of the land!

    Listen up and tell your children. Nothing like this has ever happened before.
    Devastating destruction of the land and all the provides for their sustenance.
    Gather all together and cry out to the Lord.

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