We are studying Joel 1:15-16, 2:12-13, 18, 25-32 this week in a lesson titled “Appropriate God’s Mercy”. Picking up on yesterday’s post, the fact that anyone survived such a plague of locust is a demonstration in itself of God’s mercy. Moreover, God sent Joel afterwards to explain to the people how to get right with God, which, I think, was an act of mercy.
By way of analogy, it is interesting to parallel our lives with those of Judah back then in a “before and after” picture. The before image is that of lives of plenty, full of pride, that are destroyed by some discipline from God, and the after portrait pictures people with contrite hearts.
Here is a question for you. If you think God warns us today, or disciplines us as He did the people of ancient Judah, do you think God will also send someone afterwards to help us get back on track with Him (as He sent Joel to the people of Judah)? Or do you think that our possession of the Bible and the indwelling Spirit today are sufficient? Do you have an example situation where a person that helped after a disaster was considered a godsend?
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