Find the Light

O. T. #2083 "Find the Light"

Dec. 9, 2021

Joel 2-Part 6

LET IT GLOW

Where are you going my friend? Do you need a light for your path today? Here is where you can get it.

As we finish looking to Psalm 119 for encouragement, we see God's faithfulness in verse 90: Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

Then in verse 89, we read of His faithful Word: For ever, O LORD, Thy Word is settled in heaven.

Verse 105 is a familiar verse about the Word of God: Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Finally, we find out how we can get great peace from verse 165: Great peace have they which love Thy law; and nothing shall offend them.

How precious is God's Word! It will last forever. It can illuminate and guide our path of life in this dark world. Is there great joy in loving and keeping the Word of God? Are we thanking Him for such a wonderful Word written to us, filling us with the love of God? Are we experiencing His peace as we obey His law, statutes, testimonies, and Word?

LET IT GROW

Starting in verse 15, Joel invites Israel to blow a trumpet in Zion again, to gather the people, to call for a fast and weeping before their God before judgment comes upon them.

As the priests and ministers come into the Lord's presence, they are to ask God to:

• Spare His people;
• Not let His special possession become an object of mockery;
• Not let them become a joke for unbelieving foreigners who ask, Has the God of Israel left them:"

When these things happen, what will God do?

• He will have pity on His people and guard the honor of His land; (verse 18)
• He would send grain, new wine, and olive oil to satisfy their needs; (verse 19)
• He will drive away the armies from the north, sending them into a parched wasteland. (verse 20)

After repentance would come restoration for Israel, but they would not come to God, admitting their sins of idolatry and immorality. God was waiting on His people so He could do great things for them. but they would not do so.

Is God waiting on us to come to Him in repentance? Is unbelief, unfaithfulness, or disobedience in our life? Are our prayers unanswered? We must turn to God, confessing our sins.

LET IT GO

 

The Light of the world is Jesus!

Come let us adore Him, Christ the LORD!

All glory be given to You!