Lessons From Locusts

-September 26, 2022-

Good morning, happy Monday,

“The locusts have no king, yet they advance in ranks.”

(Proverbs 30:27).

Locusts are like army that advances on its target with precision and devastation. There is no army in the world that can compare to it. Locusts are almost unstoppable, relentless, and powerful. They can strip land completely barren in such a quick time.

The lesson for us is to have the same type of unison, power, and effectiveness for the Lord. Solomon says they have no king but advance in ranks. According to the book of Joel, there are four types of locusts. Joel 1:4 says, “What the chewing locust left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust left, the crawling locust has eaten; and what the crawling locust left, the consuming locust has eaten.”

God has used locusts to bring judgment as He did on the Egyptians. It was one of the ten plagues that stuck Egypt. He also used locusts as as means to chasten His people Israel for their disobedience and idolatry. In the case of His people the goal is to get them to repent and get right with God. In the NT, God employed different means to get the attention of His people. Recently, Covid-19 has been like locusts in the number of people who have gotten it and the many who have died worldwide. There are also famines, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, typhoons, floods, fires, and other pestilences. They are occurring at faster rates with increasing power in these last days.

In the introduction to the book of Joel in my study Bible, it says, “Disaster strikes the southern kingdom of Judah without warning. An ominous black cloud descends upon the land—the dreaded locusts. In a matter of hours, every living green thing has been stripped bare. Joel, God’s spokesman during the reign of Joash (835-796 B.C.), seizes the occasion to proclaim God’s message. Although the locust plague has been a terrible judgment for sin, God’s future judgments during the day of the Lord will make that pale by comparison.”

May we take heed to God’s judgments today and in the future, knowing that He has a purpose for them. We will be raptured before the really powerful judgments come as portrayed in the book of Revelation. There will be seven seals, seven trumpets, and seven bowls of God’s wrath poured out on the earth during the Great Tribulation.

Have a blessed day trusting and thanking God for His mercy and grace. Stay safe and healthy.

In humbleness before our mighty God,

Dean