04/19/2020
"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.
Joel 2: 12, 13
Like a destroying army of locusts,God's punishment for sin is overwhelming, dreadful and unavoidable. When it comes, there will be no food, no water, no protection, and no escape. The day for settling accounts for
With God for how we lived is fast approaching. God is the one with whom we must all account to.. not nature, the economy,or a foreign invader.
God stands ready to forgive and restore all those who come to Him and turn away from sin. God wants to shower His people in love and restore them to a proper relationship with Him. Forgiveness comes by turning from sin and turning toward God. It is not to late to receive God's forgiveness. God's greatest desire is for you to come to Him.
In the book of Joel, he predicts the time when God will pour out His Holy Spirit on all people. It will be the beginning of new and fresh worship of God by those who believe in Him as well as the beginning of judgement on all who reject Him. But God continues to be in Control. Justice and restoration are in His hands.The Holy Spirit confirms God's love for us just as He did for the first christians. We must be faithful to God and place our life under under the guidance and power of His Holy Spirit.
Because of the sacrifice of Jesus, through His blood, we can be assured, that we are forgiven, justified and very much loved by our Heavenly Father.
Longing for the day, we can be together again to worship and serve, as we walk with Him.