Cry Unto The Lord

"Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord, Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come" (Joel 1:14, 15 KJV). The Lord surrounds the hurting and broken hearted. He looks down from Heaven upon the very children of this world with compassion and pity, and there is no doubt that His heart is moved in a great and mighty way. When is enough? When will we stop relying on the world's ways of serving God? How much more cold heartedness, confusion, and brokenness do we need to endure? The Lord gives us the answer to success here on this earth and that is to pray, fast, ask, seek, and knock. The prophet Joel prophesied through the Scriptures of the judgment that would come upon the land of Judah. The Lord showed him chaos, corruption, and devastation in all kinds of ways falling upon the land, yet God always has a plan and gives us all another chance through repentance. However, the enemy could care less because he is going to take the very best and destroy it if he can. "He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white" (Joel 1:7 KJV). The enemy will come in and flood with great misery and pain. Joel did not hold on to the prophecy, but he spoke up and did exactly what God had put inside his spirit. Just like every man and woman of God, Joel also had compassion and pity for the children and people that surrounded him. Joel was not about to allow the enemy to destroy or take anymore than what they had already taken. When is it going to be enough? What are we going to do? God bless you all. Amen