READ/HEAR: Joel 1,2

Joel’s message to Judah was, “God has devastated the land because of our sin. We now need to seek Him to survive. God tells us, ‘Come fasting and weeping, sorry for your sins.'”

God wanted repentance from the heart, not religious flagellation to show outward compliance. This is what He always wants … a work from the inside out.

When and because there is true repentance, the promise of God’s Holy Spirit to come and bring refreshing and new birth is available. Peter quoted Joel when the Holy Spirit descended upon Jerusalem in Acts 2. That visitation has changed the world and marked the beginning of the New Testament church.

Amazing things happen when we repent and seek God.