The locusts were sent by God as a judgment on an unfaithful people. They had turned their backs on Him. They had forsaken the One who had brought them so far. Then, there are two of the sweetest words in Scripture…
“Even now…”
After all that you’ve done – even now you can return to me.
After all the places you have been – even now there is a place for you here with me.
No matter how far we have fallen. No matter how many times it has happened. No matter what lies the enemy whispers. God says to us, “Even now, come back to me.”
And He calls us back, not to a place of shame, but of restoration. (Joel 2:25)
He promised to restore what the locusts had eaten. The locusts that were sent by Him in response to their sin. Think about that! He offers to restore to them the very things that their own unfaithfulness had cost them.
That’s grace.
