The locust would not withstand

"What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten. What the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten, and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten."

Joel 1:4

That's a moribund account of what happened and was about to happen to Israel and Juda due to their sin. Different stages of the locusts' plague represented  the incursions, raids, attacks, sieges by enemies  and finally fall of Israel's' cities.

Do you feel that sometime everything is going upside down? You barely sort out a mess and something else hits on. You feel exacerbated. You wonder if God is not mad at you. You start seeing every little mishap as a serious transgression before God. Your prayer life dissipates. You are probably angry. You think that God does not understand you.

That's sometimes part of the normal Christian spiral of growth. The important thing to remember is that God is not mad at you. Even with the ancient Israelites, who were guilty of many serious crimes like: enslavement, soliciting for prostitition, curbing the rights of the weak like widows and orphans, they were being told by the prophet that God is awaiting for them to return to Him and change their ways and He would be faithful to His covenant and would set them free.

If that was valid for ancient Israel, how much more aware of God's gracious helping hand should we be? Jesus himself is on the right side of our Father and ensures that we are saved and uplifted. So do not distance yourself from  God! Make time for seeking Him. As with the Egyptians and Moses -  He will send the wind of His faithfulness and grace to sweep up all drawbacks and you would be victorious. God does not change. If your commitement does not change too the only thing left that could alter is the adverse circumstance. And it will.

Dear Father,

Sometime some of us feel so puzzled by what life heaps on them. Yet, you never change. We can always trust in you and seek you. You are our Saviour and your nectar of faithfulness surely flows from your hand if righteousness and might towards us. Please, help any of us to never despair, but lead a life of dogged commitment and faith in You, that conquer the world!

In Jesus' the faithful Witness' Name! Amin!