God, Who Is The Sourse of Our Lives 104 [Hos 2:8-13] / Anne's Faith Column

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God, Who Is The

Sourse of Our Lives 104

[Hos 2:8-13] 

 

 / Anne's Faith Column 

 

/ By Priscilla

 

If you are God's chosen people,

it is important to realize that the

sourse of your life comes

from God.

 

When God's chosen people

forsook God and worshiped idols,

God became angry and withdrew

the grace He had bestowed

upon them.

 

In particular, as God's chosen people,

it was human duty to live in fear of God,

but the Israelites easily betrayed God

and turned away from God and did

wrong when they became richer

 

and more abundant in their lives

and their problems were solved.

 

Gomer, an adulterous woman

who abandoned her husband

and left home.

 

Her husband, Hosea, who

did not punish her but went

around looking for her, forgave 

her, and tried to keep her 

conjugal relationship.

 

Through this, God teaches

His people about the relationship

between God Father and them

and tells them how He feels.

 

Likewise, God, who is so loving

and generous, does not reprove

His chosen people.

 

However, He constantly

wait for them in conciliation 

 

However, to those who betray

God and do not repent of their 

sins and do not turn from sins,

 

God warns them that God

will no longer be involved in 

their lives, and that He will

cast them out eventually.

 

In fact, God reaffirmed that

all the sacrifices the Israelites

offered in worship of Baal

 

and everything they ate and

drank were nothing if it had

not been for God's permission.

 

When we see God's strong

will to sever the relationship

between Father and children

 

that had already been formed

without supplying all

the bountiful crops

 

and food, clothing, and shelter

they took in to His people

any longer, we can imagine

how brokenhearted He was. 

 

We have already become

God's children by confessing

and accepting Jesus Christ as

 

our Savior so we never want

tragedies like this to

happen to us.

 

Instead, according to the

will of God, who said through

the lips of the prophet 'Samuel',

 

"To obey is better than sacrifice,"

we should become children

who give joy to our Father.

 

As Isaiah said, we easily

betray and disobey God.

 

"We all, like sheep,

have gone astray, each of us

has turned to his own way;

 

and the LORD has laid on him

the iniquity of us all."

(Isaiah 53:6)

 

However, the Lord, who knows

that we have many faults and

weaknesses in our lives,

 

forgives the children who

turn from sins.

 

God wants us to break

away from the shameful

consciousness caused by 

the sins of the past and

enter the bright path.

 

We must

truly love and fear God,

deeply realizing that the

sourse of all things comes

from God who created us.

 

To such a person, God

earnestly wants to

grant blessings.

 

God provides

us with every need. 

 

However, as it is written in

today's scripture, we must

listen to God's warning that

 

His people will be punished

according to the number of days

they served Baal the idol without

listening to Him,

 

and realize that

this is the time we must

turn from sins.

 

In other words, we must

acknowledge that all sources

come only from God

 

and live a life of giving

thanks to God more.

 

Then, what kind of life

should we aim for?

 

1) We must live a life

that pleases God.

 

2) We must move more

faithfully and sincerely to God.

 

3) We must march toward

the face of God with faith,

without any further delay,

looking back, or hesitating.

 

Prayer

 

Lord!

 

I don't want to make

You brokenhearted

any more.

 

You are my beginning

and everything.

 

Help me, who

is so weak.

 

 

Amen

- To Be Continue - 

 

 

2010/12/13

 

/ By Priscilla