Is Satisfaction Guaranteed for Christians?

(Exodus 15:9; Deuteronomy 14:29, 33:23; Psalm 17:15, 22:26, 36:8, 37:19, 63:5, 65:4, 81:16, 104:13, 105:40; Proverbs 12:11, 12:14, 14:14, 18:20, 19:23, 20:13; Ecclesiastes 4:8; Isaiah 44:16, 53:11, 66:11; Jeremiah 31:14, 50:10, 50:19; Lamentations 5:6; Joel 2:19, 2:26; Micah 6:14; Habakkuk 2:5)

Today, we’re going to have a look at the book of Joel. The book of Joel cautions the individuals of Judah and could be applied to the Christians of today. The people of Judah had grow to be thrivingly comfortable of their lifestyle and self-satisfied of their relationship with God. While underrating God, they’d grow to be self-important. They revered icons (idols) and fell into sin and transgression. Joel alerts them that this lifestyle will unavoidably make God solid his judgment down upon them.

In the initial segment of chapter one, Joel predicts that a plague of locusts will occur and pronounces that they need to repent. In chapter two, Joel cautions them of the oncoming judgment, admonishes them to get back to the Lord their God, and tells them that God will spill his Spirit out upon them. Finally, in chapter three, Joel lets them know that the Day of the Lord is close.

Today, we are going to examine verses twelve through twenty-seven, specializing in verses nineteen and twenty-six.

In verses 12-13:

God had told his people to come back back to Him while the window of opportunity was still open. There was no time to spare, and annihilation would arrive before long. There is not any time for us to spare either. Since we don’t have any idea when our lives will end, we should go to the Lord now while we actually can. We mustn’t allow anything to maintain us away from going to God, nor can we afford to (Deuteronomy 4:29-31).

Heartfelt shame was often shown by the tearing of 1’s clothing. Yet, God didn’t simply want an outward presentation of guilt without real internal atonement (1 Samuel 16:7; Matthew 23:1-36). We should make sure that our mentality toward God is correct, along with our outward deeds.

In verse 18:

Joel arrives at a defining moment in his prediction. He moves from forecasting about an overflow of God’s judgment to forecasting a couple of generous flood of God’s pardoning and favoring. Yet, this could come provided that the individuals tried to live as God directed them to and surrendered their evil ways. Where there’s atonement, there’s hope and trust. This segment of the book caters to that expectation. On the off likelihood that it was not there, Joel’s prophecy would only bring hopelessness. This guarantee of pardoning should have urged the individuals to be contrite.

In verse 21:

Joel differentiates the sensation of dread toward God’s judgment (2:1) with the delight of God’s intercession (2:21). Sin will welcome judgment on the Day of the Lord, and only the forgiveness of God will bring celebrating. If we don’t atone for our sins, our transgression will bring about judgment. We must allow God to intercede in our lives, after which we are able to have fun on that day since we won’t have anything to fear. Before, there have been diseases, fasting, and lamentations; then, there could be a harvest, feasting, praise, and worship. When God reigns, His retaliation is finished. Meanwhile, we must always recollect that God doesn’t guarantee that His people can be prosperous and wealthy now.

When God does pardon, He reestablishes our relationship with Him, nevertheless this doesn’t ensure individual abundance. However, God vows to satisfy probably the most profound requirements of the individuals who love Him by adoring us, excusing us, providing us with motivation throughout on a regular basis life, and putting a mindful group of Christian family and friends to assist us along the best way.

In verses 26-27:

Assuming that the Jews could at no point in the longer term experience a fiasco like this plague of locusts (“shall never be ashamed”), how can one make sense of the imprisonment in Babylon, the Jews’ bondage under the Greeks and Romans, and their oppression under Hitler? It is important to not take these verses within the incorrect way (out of context). It continues to be a segment of Joel’s prophecy of blessings. If the individuals really atoned for his or her sins, would they escape destruction like Joel had portrayed? God’s gifts are guaranteed uniquely to the individuals who earnestly and often follow Him. God guarantees that on the last day of Judgment, His followers won’t ever experience this kind of calamity (Zechariah 14:11th of September; Revelation 21).

In this prophecy and in Ezekiel 39:29, God vows to spill out his Spirit on humankind. The early church accepted that this began to come back to fruition at Pentecost when God’s Holy Spirit got here to abide in all believers (Acts 2:1-18) (you shall be satisfied and now not a reproach among the many heathen). Being satisfied means having all that we want within the Lord.

• Philippians 4:19, “But my God shall supply all of your need based on his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”
• Hebrews 13:5, “Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with things like ye have: for he hath said, I won’t ever leave thee, nor forsake thee.”
• Philippians 4:11, “Not that I speak in respect of want: for I even have learned, in in any way state I’m, therewith to be content.”

We must learn to be satisfied with what we now have, with all that God has given us and what He continues to present us.

Is God satisfied with us?

For those that are saved by the Grace of God, by believing within the birth, life, death, burial, and resurrection of God’s Son, Jesus Christ the Messiah, then God is satisfied with them. When God looks down from Heaven and appears on the Saved, He sees His Son Jesus, the One who got here down from Heaven and took our place upon the Cross of Calvary. Placing our faith in Christ is what’s required.

“Come now, and allow us to reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” – Isaiah 1:18

But is God blissful with how we live the lives that Jesus bought and paid for? I’m unsure who the creator is, but there’s an old song titled “Is He Satisfied with Me?” Do you ever search your heart as you watch the day depart? Is there something way down deep you are attempting to cover? If this present day ought to be the tip and eternity begin when the Book is open wide, would the Lord be satisfied? Is He satisfied with me? Is He satisfied with me? Have I done my best, and have I stood the test? ls He was satisfied with me. 

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Chris Swanson answered the decision into the ministry over 20 years ago. He has served as a Sunday School teacher, a youth director along along with his wife, a music director, an associate pastor, and an interim pastor. He is a retired Navy Chief Hospital Corpsman with over 30 years of combined lively and reserve service. You can try his work here.