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"I will restore to you"

Text: Joel 2:25

THE PROMISE OF FULL RESTORATION

To add to the joy that may be found in the Lord God, a promise of full restoration was given.

“So I will restore to you the years that
the swarming locust has eaten,
The crawling locust,
The consuming locust,
And the chewing locust,
My great army which I sent among you.
You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,
And praise the name of the LORD your God,
Who has dealt wondrously with you;
And My people shall never be put to shame.”
Joel 2:25-26

1. “So I will restore to you”

a) The locust army had devastated the land.

b) The whole nation had suffered terribly.

c) This was a solemn promise of full restoration:

i) The covenantal relationship with God

ii) Physical and material blessings

2. “You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied”

a) No more going to bed hungry because of a lack of food.

b) The nation would be able to eat and be content with what God will provide.

3. “And praise the name of the LORD”

a) They may return to the Temple for worship.

b) And in worship offer praise to the name of the LORD.

4. “Who has dealt wondrously with you”

a) God had always done wondrously for His people.

b) He would continue to bless abundantly.

c) He would be their faithful Covenant-God.

d) He would keep every promise that He had made to His people.

5. “And My people shall never be put to shame”

a) What a privilege it is to be God’s people.

b) Great are the promises given.

c) His people would never be put to shame.

d) The Lord would honour and bless wondrously.

e) Israel may truly rejoice in the LORD their God always!