Hosea 14:1-9
There is hope. There is a future. Hosea 14:9 - Conclusion: This is for us. The only way to live is the Lord’s way.
Repentance
(Hosea 14:2) - It’s returning to the Lord (Hosea 14:1). It’s more than
“words” (Hosea 14:2). It’s a way of life. As we walk with the Lord, we
learn about repentance.
God speaks to us about forgiveness (Hosea
14:2). In love, He’s speaking to us. He speaks to us from the cross of
Christ. The Spirit makes God’s love real to us. He brings Jesus to us.
God’s love inspires our thinking and our living.
Our whole life is
to be an expression of our love for the Lord, a heartfelt response to
His love for us - a way of saying, “Thank You, Lord”, a way of offering
to the Lord the praise and worship that arises from our hearts.
As we worship God, we must remember that He is not only love. He is also holiness.
This
is to be seen in our “return to the Lord” (Hosea 14:1), our conversion.
It’s not to be a partial conversion - paying lip-service to the Lord.
It’s to be a full conversion - our hearts and our lives: the stirring of
our hearts and the changing of our lives.
