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To be totally honest, I never really stepped foot into the chapter of Hosea, so today's devotion was quite surprising for me. God told Hosea to marry a woman, who eventually left him for other men, but was told to bring her back and love her just as God loved us. It paints a beautiful picture of how even though we wrong him so many times, even though we draw away from him, God will always pull us back and love us despite everything!
But the book of Hosea also shows God's power and might.
"When I please, I will punish them; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bonds for their double sin...the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be devastated." [Hosea 10:10, 14]
God can do anything he wants, anytime he wants, anywhere he wants. He could wipe out the entire Earth right now, this very second. But no, instead, God chooses to love us. Despite the sins and unrighteous acts of his people, he still extended his grace to them, telling them to:
"Sow for yourself righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the lord, until he comes and showers righteousness on you." [Hosea 10:12]
Even though we planted wickedness, reaped evil and eaten the fruit of deception [Hosea 10:13], God still chooses to extend his grace towards us, telling us to grab hold of him and to allow him back into our lives. How can we not love a God who chooses to love instead of destroy?
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No force is greater than the power of God’s love.
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