June 23, 2022

Passage Read: Joel 2 - Amos 2
Meditation Verses: Joel 2:16-18

Thought

Joel calls for all the people to be gathered, for everyone, even bride and bridegroom who should be rejoicing over their wedding day. He calls them to gather and weep before the Lord and plead for the land and the people, that the Lord have pity on them. Because the Lord can be moved to pity, to have mercy on His people. There is hope that the Lord will have compassion and turn away His anger. But it would take everyone coming together to confess their sin and plead for mercy.

Application

That is the challenge, gathering everyone. That is why the Lord would be moved to compassion, if everyone came and acknowledged that they were wrong and He was right, that He was God and their only hope. Because that's all He's asking for, that all people recognize that He alone is God, that He is worthy of obedience and honor, and that it is we who have turned our backs on Him. If everyone came together to acknowledge their wrong and plead for mercy, the Lord would be moved to show mercy.