Gratitude: Foundation of Faith

²³ Children of Zion, rejoice and be glad in the LORD your God, because he will give you the early rain as a sign of righteousness; he will pour down abundant rain for you, the early and the late rain, as before. ²⁴ The threshing floors will be full of grain; the vats will overflow with new wine and fresh oil. ²⁵ I will repay you for the years that the cutting locust, the swarming locust, the hopping locust, and the devouring locust have eaten my great army, which I sent against you. ²⁶ You will eat abundantly and be satisfied, and you will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has done wonders for you; and my people will never again be put to shame. ²⁷ You will know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God—no other exists; never again will my people be put to shame. ²⁸ After that I will pour out my spirit upon everyone; your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions. ²⁹ In those days, I will also pour out my spirit on the male and female slaves. ³⁰ I will give signs in the heavens and on the earth—blood and fire and columns of smoke. ³¹ The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood before the great and dreadful day of the LORD comes. ³² But everyone who calls on the LORD’s name will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be security, as the LORD has promised; and in Jerusalem, the LORD will summon those who survive.