Locust? Joel 1:1-7

I'm like a locust plague? What is that? Some of us may not be able to grab hold of this with an understanding that hits home, but this was a serious disaster. It's like the stock market crashing for us today. Losing everything in our retirement plan and not being able to recover. The call from the prophet here is to wake up and see this disaster for what it really is. A spanking from the Creator for the idolatry,  and the compromise in the hearts of the people of the land.

I remember when 9/11 happened and Katrina hit the coast. There were some prophets calling out the sins of our nation like abortion, homosexuality and the love of money. Some people received the warnings and some ignored it. While these issues are evident in our society the real issue is the hearts of the people. You may get upset and not agree with God that abortion is murder, or that homosexuality is not what God intended for the human relationship. Again, the issue at hand is us compromising our God given virtues with those of a lost and dying world. 

I encourage you to search your heart and accept Gods word as your only rule of life. As you will see as we move through the word of God, he wants to bless us but we get in the way.

Pastor Patrick