WHEN DEVASTATION BECOMES A WAKE-UP CALL
DAY 1 — NOVEMBER 1, 2026 WHEN DEVASTATION BECOMES A WAKE-UP CALL 📖 Scripture Reading: Joel 1:1–7 Key Verse: "Hear this, you elders, and give ear, all you inhabitants of the land! Has anything like this happened in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?" — Joel 1:2 (NKJV). DEVOTIONAL REFLECTION Sometimes God allows us to pause and examine the condition of our lives. There are moments when familiar structures begin to collapse, established routines are disrupted, and things we once depended upon suddenly disappear. The opening chapter of Joel presents such a moment. The land of Judah has experienced an extraordinary devastation through successive waves of locusts. The destruction is so severe that even the elders are challenged to remember whether anything comparable has happened in their lifetime. The locust invasion was not merely an agricultural disaster; within Joel's prophetic message, it became a spiritual wake-up call. Notice how Joel begins: "Hear ...