As I was reading Hosea last week, I was struck with his obedience to God. Infidelity is obviously life-shattering to the person who is sinned against, and God asked Hosea to practice his obedience in some very difficult ways.
But as amazing as Hosea's obedience and forgiveness are, what's more amazing is that God wanted to redeem His people, even though there had been generation upon generation of unfaithfulness towards Him.
It's so easy for us to look down our noses at Gomer and hautily think that we would never flaunt our sin in the way she did. And yet, I don't think God made sure this story was included in the Bible just so we would marvel at Hosea, but so we would see God's love and forgiveness towards Israel. And, of course, ultimately towards ourselves. We like to think we're like Hosea, when we are no better than Gomer. Yet, God in His infinite mercy has chosen to forgive us and redeem us.
Let us rejoice and praise Him!
2 comments:
We like to think we're like Hosea, when we are no better than Gomer.
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Amen! If we think we're Hosea, then we've missed the point!! We are all Gomer!
Great job!!
Greg+
Sometimes it's easier to comprehend sinfulness, forgiveness, and mercy between humans (Hosea and Gomer) than at a more heavenly level (God and us), isn't it?
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