Sin will promise one thing but deliver another. Sin is like a caramel covered rotten
apple. Sin may yield certain pleasures
for a season, but that season will soon run out.
God will allow us to hit a wall in our sin in order to show
us that it is not the best for us. God
loves us enough to discipline us (Hebrews 12).
This is the message of Hosea 2:1-13. Gomer has gone astray from Hosea just like we
go astray from our husband God! As we go
astray and pursue “other lovers”, God will have the fruit of that sin
eventually taste bad. It is designed to
be a “wake-up call” so as to have us get out of spiritual slumber and return to
Him.
There is some really graphic language in this section of God’s
Word. Israel had turned to false gods and
forsaken the Lord their God, just as Gomer had forsaken Hosea and given birth
to some children out of wedlock.
We are all “prone to wander, Lord I feel it, prone to leave
the God I love.” And yet, in God’s
severe mercy, He will not allow us to leave easily. He will put a “hedge of thorns” (Hosea 2:6) around
us and “build a wall against us” (Hosea 2:6) in order to lead us to
repentance. And when we repent, He will
welcome us back with open arms and we can be restored.
What is God doing in your life right now to draw you out of
your sin and back to Him? What
unpleasant things are taking place that are actually the hand of God to get
your attention? Wake up! Look at where you are headed. Realize that living outside of God’s will is
never good. Your pain is designed by God
to get your attention – that you might go to the Divine Physician for help.
