Hosea 6:1 Come and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us.
Apparently in the days of the prophet Hosea, the Israelites had reached a Godless state, put Him on the backburner, gone their own way, doing their own thing. Consequently, the society was in an uproar, a state of instability. In Chapter 4, Hosea says, ‘The Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there’s no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.’ Does that sound familiar to you? I’m sure it does, since it’s the very same thing that’s happening in our individual societies and the world at large today. Our world’s in a mess, to put it nicely: Everywhere there’s too much greed, oppression, persecution, selfishness, wars, rumours of war, and the clincher, extreme, far flung poverty in the midst of so much affluence and prosperity. You name the negative stuff, and we have it in large quantities, while the positive stuff lingers by the wayside. And, like Hosea’s Israel, there’s not much truth and knowledge of God. To make matters worse, many of us are trying to tear down and destroy what little there is. But Friends, that’s foolish. It’s like cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face. How can we stray from our Heavenly Father, Our Creator, and expect to live a good life eh? He’s the reason why we have a good life in the first place. Without His loving kindness and guidance we’re nothing; nothing but lost, inept sheep. That’s why Hosea was imploring and beseeching his people to return to God; because He’s the author of everything. And you know, even after a long spell of disobedience, if we turn to Him with a right heart, He is so merciful, loving and forgiving, that He’ll gladly embrace us, welcome us back with a father’s joy on the return of his prodigal child. Friends, I’m asking us, beseeching, imploring, whatever word it takes, to do the same thing today. Let’s cut out the confusion and strife. Let’s return to faithfully worshipping, praising and being obedient to The Most High, so that our lives can become whole and fruitful once again. As always, Plenty, Plenty LOVE!
Apparently in the days of the prophet Hosea, the Israelites had reached a Godless state, put Him on the backburner, gone their own way, doing their own thing. Consequently, the society was in an uproar, a state of instability. In Chapter 4, Hosea says, ‘The Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there’s no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.’ Does that sound familiar to you? I’m sure it does, since it’s the very same thing that’s happening in our individual societies and the world at large today. Our world’s in a mess, to put it nicely: Everywhere there’s too much greed, oppression, persecution, selfishness, wars, rumours of war, and the clincher, extreme, far flung poverty in the midst of so much affluence and prosperity. You name the negative stuff, and we have it in large quantities, while the positive stuff lingers by the wayside. And, like Hosea’s Israel, there’s not much truth and knowledge of God. To make matters worse, many of us are trying to tear down and destroy what little there is. But Friends, that’s foolish. It’s like cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face. How can we stray from our Heavenly Father, Our Creator, and expect to live a good life eh? He’s the reason why we have a good life in the first place. Without His loving kindness and guidance we’re nothing; nothing but lost, inept sheep. That’s why Hosea was imploring and beseeching his people to return to God; because He’s the author of everything. And you know, even after a long spell of disobedience, if we turn to Him with a right heart, He is so merciful, loving and forgiving, that He’ll gladly embrace us, welcome us back with a father’s joy on the return of his prodigal child. Friends, I’m asking us, beseeching, imploring, whatever word it takes, to do the same thing today. Let’s cut out the confusion and strife. Let’s return to faithfully worshipping, praising and being obedient to The Most High, so that our lives can become whole and fruitful once again. As always, Plenty, Plenty LOVE!
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