I embarked on a small journey to read the story of Hosea and Gomer before starting a novel that was written about them. So as I began reading the book of Hosea I started to see this beautiful story being painted.
Chapter 2 God begin by saying how terrible "she" (a parallel of Gomer and God's country Israel) was being. How she has had other lovers (gods) and because of that His judgement would come in it's fullness. She would be ridded of everything she had acquired. She would be shown in full vulnerability for what she is and all she has done.
BUT THEN, in verse 14 God begins again "Therefore I am now going to allure [to attract, to fascinate] her; I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her. THERE I will give her back her vineyards, and I will make the valley of Achor a door of hope. THERE she will ding as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came out of Egypt."
I love the absolute unconditional love that is shown here. The first part shows what is deserved of her actions. BUT THEN God intervenes and says that He wants depseratley to allure us, to attract us to him so that when we choose to accept Him and turn away from our other "lovers" whatever it may be that keeps us from God, that He will restore us! That in THAT specific moment, in THAT place,THERE, He will poor out his love and blessings on us.
Vers 16 goes on to say that in that day we will call God "my husband". We will no longer call Him "my master." This shows the love relationship that He desires to have with every single one of us!
So I ask you now, have you accepted God's alluring Spirit?
Roman 10:9 Confess with your mouth and believe in your heart that Christ is Lord and that God raised him from the grave then you will be saved
Proverbs 24:16 for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.
~Awaken Us~
Brenna Stanford
