Responding to God's Sovereign Providence, pt1-Joel 1

One has stated, "God is not just the Lord of creation, the one who starts everything going in accordance with a grand plan. He is also the Lord of history. History is 'His story,' and in some unfathomable combination of divine sovereignty and human will, God is the master chess player moving His chessmen forward and back in anticipation of the final moment when all that opposes Him will be checkmated and His reign will be universally recognized." Well, friends, history is a captivating subject. We love to learn about the past. We visit historical museums. We read historical novels. We are enamored with the facts of history. But do we learn from history? Most think we do not. Consider such well-worn sayings as: "The only thing we've learned from history is that we've learned nothing from history." Or..."What goes around comes around." In a 1948 speech to the House of Commons, Winston Churchill said, "Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it." Consider joining us this coming Lord's Day as OT prophet Joel instructs us on "Responding to God's Sovereign Providence, pt1"-Joel 1