A prophet of God, Joel, was in fact, the author of the book of Joel. Joel is not one of the books of the Bible that many people have clear knowledge about. It actually is all about God's specific plan of punishment for those who sin but also His promise to defend his people and love them. In the book of Joel, God displays a passionate concern for His people.
In reading Joel, a Christian will realize that a relationship with God is not an easy one and there are many trials that need to be overcome.
Joel 2:12-13 says "'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.
This passage caught my attention and made me think that God does get angry when we, His people, fail and disappoint Him BUT He will still love us and bless us.
Joel starts out the book by sending His army of locusts across the land, but turns them far away when His people come to realize that God means business. He blesses them with in return with all that they could need and a full stomach.
The love of God is real and in Joel when it reads, "Blow the trumpet in Zion, sound the alarm on my holy hill," in chapter 2 verse 1, there is a reminder to people that God is returning for His people. This could happen at any time and I believe that now is the time for true repentance. God loves us and in return just wants us to love Him and live by His ways to enter Heaven. I do not think He is asking to much. As Christians, we need to realize that God is real and He will be back
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Joel 2:12-13 says "'Even now,'" declares the Lord, "'return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.'""
ReplyDeleteRend 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 just so unbelievably UN-human. He is the furthest thing from us and we are made in his image. The fact that God operates under such different principles than us makes him seem so much more real. For instance, the world says if you do something wrong...justice is served....you get punished. God says, if you come back to me in your sin I will make your stomach full and I will love you. He is such a wonderful God.