Day 176
Joel 1-3; 2 Tim. 1
Publishing Date:
Fri, 06/25/2010
Today's reading: Joel 1-3; 2 Tim. 1
Joel is one of my favorite books in the Bible. It talks of two trumpets being sounded: 1) Blow a trumpet in Zion: sound an alarm on My holy Mount Zion. Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble for the day of the Lord is coming; it is close at hand. vs. 2:1 2) Blow a trumpet in Zion: set apart a fast; call a solemn assembly. vs. 2:15. The most profound verses to me in the book of Joel are: "For the day of the Lord is great and very terrible, and who can endure it? Therefore says the Lord, turn and keep on coming to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning. Rend your hearts and not your garments and return to the Lord, your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in loving-kindness; and He revokes His sentence of evil. Who knows but what He will turn, revoke your sentence, and leave a blessing behind Him." vs. 2:11-14. These happen to be some of my life verses and are very relevant to this day.
Lord, I pray that we do not read the book of Joel lightly, but realize that the day of the Lord is at hand and that sin is in the land. Teach us how to rend our hearts before your altar on behalf of our land. We say we need you Jesus.
Joel is one of my favorite books in the Bible. It talks of two trumpets being sounded: 1) Blow a trumpet in Zion: sound an alarm on My holy Mount Zion. Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble for the day of the Lord is coming; it is close at hand. vs. 2:1 2) Blow a trumpet in Zion: set apart a fast; call a solemn assembly. vs. 2:15. The most profound verses to me in the book of Joel are: "For the day of the Lord is great and very terrible, and who can endure it? Therefore says the Lord, turn and keep on coming to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning. Rend your hearts and not your garments and return to the Lord, your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in loving-kindness; and He revokes His sentence of evil. Who knows but what He will turn, revoke your sentence, and leave a blessing behind Him." vs. 2:11-14. These happen to be some of my life verses and are very relevant to this day.
Lord, I pray that we do not read the book of Joel lightly, but realize that the day of the Lord is at hand and that sin is in the land. Teach us how to rend our hearts before your altar on behalf of our land. We say we need you Jesus.
Come back to God, your God.
And here's why: God is kind and merciful.
He takes a deep breath, puts up with a lot,
This most patient God, extravagant in love,
always ready to cancel catastrophe.
Who knows? Maybe he'll do it now,
maybe he'll turn around and show pity.
Maybe, when all's said and done,
there'll be blessings full and robust for your God!