Tuesday 16 January 2007

The Lord will shelter His people

“The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.” - Joel 3v16

The day is going to come when God’s wrath will be poured out in full measure on the earth. Sin will have its consequences. The “heavens will roar and shake” as God “finally” pours out the fullness of His perfect justice. The world without Him is without any hope.

Yet God’s people have hope, or a shelter of protection, as the NKJV puts it. He will be our shelter, our hope in the midst of His wrath. Here the promise is for Israel, but through the finished work of Christ God has graciously offered the same hope to all who will put their faith in Him.

There is great comfort in the knowledge that we have hope, we have a shelter. If not for this the whole “end time” scenario could bring great fear. Even in death we have the hope of His perfect shelter.

“The Lord’s our Rock in Him we hide, a shelter in the time of storm.”

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