In face of unusual series of calamities let’s call on God

The invasion by locusts in some parts of the country brought to mind the days of the prophet Joel in historical Israel. The nation experienced an unusual series of calamities that totally astounded the prophet. He turned to the people to draw their attention to the seriousness of the events. “Hear this, you elders, and give ear, all you inhabitants of the land!” he posed. “Has anything like this happened in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?”

Using the analogy of a locust plague, he then went ahead to chronicle the devastation that had visited the land. He told them: “What the chewing locust left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust left, the crawling locust has eaten; and what the crawling locust left, the consuming locust has eaten.” Here was a coalition of locusts, determined to totally devastate the land!