Read the passage: Joel 2:12-14
We are starting a new series on a very interesting and unfamiliar part of the Bible: The Minor Prophets. It’s full of hidden gems highlighting God’s character and promises.
For the next few weeks, every sermon will tackle a different prophet and today’s is JOEL.
Joel is a very unique book in that it doesn’t really specify exactly what time period or event is going on at the time, he just speaks to the general issue of people rebelling against God through a collection of poems inspired by other parts of the bible.
Though it’s only 3 chapters, it really packs a punch! It starts by describing this massive disaster going on where swarms of locust are wiping out all their crops!. Think about the ultimate food shortage + economic crash + exile + broken nation all in one go. And though all seems hopeless, Joel uses this as a wake up call!
What if this thing that was happening was like a huge megaphone that God’s using to invite these rebellious people back to Him? And then he goes onto to talk about what it actually looks like to return to God. To have a restored relationship with God.
The book of Joel takes a real-life disaster and turns it into a story about God’s heart to restore His people.
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