No More Locusts

"I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten--the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and locust swarm."
Joel 2:25

Swarms of locusts are devastating. They may literally eat everything in their paths and leave nothing but a wasteland. Locusts were often talked about in the Old Testament. You may remember that swarms of locusts were one of the plagues that God sent against Egypt and Pharaoh. Many of you may feel like you have endured a sort of plague of locusts in your own lives. These may have been very difficult times or an old lifestyle that has left its ugly mark on your lives. Either way, these are locusts.
    The promise that God has for us is the same one he gave to the nation of Israel through the prophet Joel. He will repay-or redeem-the destruction that has been caused in our lives. I want you to know that there is no sin that cannot be redeemed. There is no addiction that cannot be destroyed. There is no crisis that cannot be defeated. Whatever has happened in your past belongs in the past. None of these locusts should be lingering in the field of your life. God is redeeming everything that has caused devastation in your life. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old has gone, the new has come." 2 Corinthians 5:17). You have been set free from the old life of sin.
    If you still struggle with guilt from past sin, put it at the foot of the cross, once and for all. If you continue to have issues with past addictions, give it to Jesus and be done. I know addictions may be difficult to overcome, but Christ died to redeem you from them. Receive the gift of deliverance from him. If you are struggling through a crisis in your life, know that God is coming to rescue you. He will never leave you or forsake you. You are his and he will bring the fruit of his kingdom into your life. Crisis cannot remain. When God says it's over, it is over.
If it is difficult to remember the things we have talked about, simply remember this and say it to God as many times as necessary: "No more locusts, no more locusts, no more locusts." He will know exactly what you are saying!