No Cause For Alarm

Blow the trumpet in Zion,
​​And sound an alarm in My holy mountain!
​​Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble;
​​For the day of the LORD is coming,
​​For it is at hand. Joel 2:1

It is an almost weekly event; something so strange happens that an alarming news report comes out. In the report, someone, usually a scientist or government spokesman, will be quoted saying, "There's no cause for alarm." In other words, or I guess the same words, we have this event odd enough to have an alarming news report, but there is no cause for alarm. So we get this odd alarm - no cause for alarm thing going on. Is it any wonder there is so much anxiety in the world today?

Some little chicken just ran through yelling, "The sky is falling, but there's no cause for alarm!"

The prophet Joel, writing in the Lord's Word, reminds us today that there is indeed cause for alarm. The great and awesome day of the Lord is coming. Isaiah tells us the proud will be knocked down on that day. John in the Revelation tells of multitude horrors visited on the Earth on and before that day. Sounding the alarm of salvation would seem to be a loving action we can take for our neighbors, especially those that we deem unsaved.

Oh, we cast no judgments here, but the fruit of the tree does reveal what is in the heart. A lifestyle can speak to the lack of God's Spirit dwelling within, just as the Holy Spirit in the heart of the believer will produce fruit of His kind. A trumpet sounding in Zion is cause for alarm to those who await the coming of our Lord.

Rejoice in the Lord always!
Bucky