God’s Wake Up Call

DAY 248
6-8-10
JOEL 1-3


Good Morning!

When catastrophe strikes we can get so lost in our woes and struggles that we forget there can be an even more catastrophic event that escapes our attention. God’s people suffered from a mighty swarm of locusts that decimated their crops and it seemed that everything was falling apart. Joel’s message was that none of this can compare to the terror of the Day of Judgment for sinful people who won’t repent.

Joel 2:12-14 ‘Even now,’ declares the Lord, ‘return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.’ Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.

God is a gracious, compassionate, and forgiving God. He desires that his sinful people return to him by changing their hearts and not just outside. Calamitous events should wake us up to the fact that the most calamitous event a person will ever face is facing God in judgment after living a sinful, unrepentant life.

So, keep in mind that we must live righteously before God; we must repent of our sins. When we do, God’s word comes true…“Their bloodguilt, which I have not pardoned, I will pardon.” (Joel 3:21)

Barry