"And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed."
Joel 2:25-26
This chapter talks about some things leading up to the Second Coming, so no telling exactly when this is going to happen, but it is super cool that God tells us that he will restore "the years that the locust hath eaten" etc. Unlike in similar scriptures where it explains that if we are righteous we will prosper in the land, this one actually talks about getting back some of what was lost. I'm guessing symbolically, as in a period of great plenty, but there are a lot of ways you could interpret that, including being able to have some additional time on earth with loved ones, either in the millennium or later.
We don't know how all of that works, but we probably don't have to, because God tells us clearly here that we will be satisfied, and praise him for dealing wondrously with us... basically the continuing idea that we often forget: what God has in store for all of us is so much better than what we have now, we can't even imagine it. If we could, we would never ask if anything in this life is worth it... because it would be clearly beyond question.
Today, let's work on having faith in God's promises and his happy ending. When the bad times and the frustrations and pain of living get to us, let's remember that this is temporary, and that it gets better -- so much better that we will consider even the hardest times to have been worth it.
And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed."
Joel 2:25-26
This chapter talks about some things leading up to the Second Coming, so no telling exactly when this is going to happen, but it is super cool that God tells us that he will restore "the years that the locust hath eaten" etc. Unlike in similar scriptures where it explains that if we are righteous we will prosper in the land, this one actually talks about getting back some of what was lost. I'm guessing symbolically, as in a period of great plenty, but there are a lot of ways you could interpret that, including being able to have some additional time on earth with loved ones, either in the millennium or later.
We don't know how all of that works, but we probably don't have to, because God tells us clearly here that we will be satisfied, and praise him for dealing wondrously with us... basically the continuing idea that we often forget: what God has in store for all of us is so much better than what we have now, we can't even imagine it. If we could, we would never ask if anything in this life is worth it... because it would be clearly beyond question.
Today, let's work on having faith in God's promises and his happy ending. When the bad times and the frustrations and pain of living get to us, let's remember that this is temporary, and that it gets better -- so much better that we will consider even the hardest times to have been worth it.
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