Please read Hosea 14.
Meditate on verse 1-2a.
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God,
for you stumbled because of your iniquity.
Take words with you and return
to the LORD.
Say to Him, “Take away all
iniquity and receive us graciously.”
God concluded
His message to Israel by inviting her to return to Him. He declared at the
beginning of His message that Israel was no longer His people, yet in His
unending mercy, God relented and invited Israel to come back to Him (Hosea 1:9;
14:1).
His invitation
came with a condition. He would allow her to return if she asked Him to take
away all her iniquity. God did not tell Israel to take away her own sin; only
He could remove it; all she had to do was ask.
Israel would
come to realize that Assyria could not save her, and her idols could not save
her. Only the LORD her God could save her. Not only would He save her, but He
would turn His anger away from her, heal her, and love her (Hosea 14:3-4).
God extends
the same invitation to you. He invites you to return to Him.
Pray Hosea
14:2a and 9 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful,
prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).
“I take
Your Words with me, and I return to You, LORD.
Take away
all of my iniquity and receive me graciously.
LORD, make
_________ and me wise to understand these
things.
Make us
discerning, so we can know them.
LORD,
Your ways are right;
make us righteous, so we will walk in them.
Do not
let us be transgressors who stumble in Your ways.
Because
of Your name, Jesus~”
The WATCHMAN
on the WALL ~ Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell
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