DCLM Daily Manna Monday, August 8, 2022
TOPIC: Abiding In The God of All Ages
TEXT: JOEL 2:21-32
KEY VERSE: “And it shall come to pass afterwards, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions” (JOEL 2:28).
DCLM Daily Manna Monday, August 8, 2022 OUTLINE
A young man who had received Jesus Christ as his Lord after years of being an atheist once visited an elderly chieftain of his former association. Returning home, the erstwhile atheist wondered what would be the fate of the godless in time of severe challenges or grave crisis threatening the whole of humanity. Where would such people hide? In the same philosophy and institutions that have continued to fail man?
But this man enjoying a new life as a Christian knew where to run to: the everlasting God who has promised His best to those who trust Him. Through His servant Joel, the Lord arrays an assembly of blessings for men and women of all ages who would put their trust in Him. He asks nature and the beasts of the field to rejoice and not to fear. He turns to His people and assures them of His plan to supply their needs and restore all they have lost such that “my people shall never be ashamed”.
READ: Open Heaven Daily Devotional August 8, 2022 – Letter To the Ephesus Church
The Lord’s promises were not to be fulfilled in Joel’s day only. God, being the Lord for all ages, cast His sights to the distant future and beyond to capture our age to reach to when “the terrible day of the LORD [would] come.” The mercy of heaven will still suffice then because He speaks of pouring His Spirit upon all flesh to enable young believers receive visions like prophets of old.
Unbelievers cannot enjoy these precious blessings as a result of their rebellion. To be partakers of these blessings, they must repent and forsake their sins because the invitation has an expiry date, when “The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood.”
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: The God of all ages can also sail His people through all storms
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