WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THESE THINGS?

 

2 Chronicles 7:13 NLT

At times I might shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or command grasshoppers to devour your crops, or send plagues among you.

Photo by Andres Simon

As I watched the footage  of the drought coupled with the infestation of grasshoppers in the West---Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona, Colorado & Nebraska--I could not help but be reminded of when God sent plagues (10 in all) to Egypt to “motivate” Pharoah to let the Israelites go. (Exodus 10:4).

In the news report, one farmer lamented that he was afraid that his livestock would be dead by September because the swarms of grasshoppers were leaving very little for the livestock to eat.  The average grasshopper eats 7 times its weight and eats almost all day ravaging their crops.  In a desperate attempt to save his crops, another farmer fashioned some type of netting to try to capture some of the grasshoppers. On one side of the country there are droughts and wildfires.  On the other side, there is an overabundance of rain and flooding.

I believe that God ALLOWED Covid (which could be considered a plague) to send a message to Believers and non-Believers alike.  Whether or not we were listening remains to be seen. 

 

Could these infestations, droughts, and floodings be another “message” to us? If so, then what should be our response to the statement in our key verse?   I believe that He gives us the answer in the very next verse, 2 Chronicles 7:14 . If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.  (NKJV) We and our land are in desperate need of healing.

“He that has an ear, let him hear” (Rev. 2:7a,b), and respond appropriately.

Blessings.

~CWP~