25 “I WILL REPAY YOU FOR THE YEARS THE LOCUSTS HAVE EATEN —
the great locust and the young locust,
the other locusts and the locust swarm —
my great army that I sent among you.
26 YOU WILL HAVE PLENTY TO EAT, UNTIL YOU ARE FULL,
AND YOU WILL PRAISE THE NAME OF THE LORD YOUR GOD,
who has worked wonders for you;
NEVER AGAIN WILL MY PEOPLE BE SHAMED.
27 Then you will know that I am in Israel,
that I am the Lord your God,
and that there is no other;
NEVER AGAIN WILL MY PEOPLE BE SHAMED. Joel 2
Joel 2 is better known for verses 2:28-32 which Peter quoted on the day of Pentecost in Jerusalem, but the verses above are also powerful, unconditional promises of God.
God promised Israel and the church today that HE WILL REPAY what the locusts have eaten. God’s people have been robbed again and again in this world, just as Israel were in Egypt. God says there’s a day coming when that’s all going to change. We will have plenty to eat AND PRAISE THE NAME OF THE LORD.
These verses end with God repeating a promise TWICE, ‘Never again will My people be Shamed.’ God cares for us His people and has pledged Himself to rescue and restore us from Lack and Shame. A New Year will soon be with us, but also a New Day for the people of God.
May God bless and keep you today.