Daily Fountain Devotional Saturday, February 5, 2022
Saturday, February 5, 2022TOPIC: THE STEADFAST LOVE OF THE LORD
TEXT: Hosea 13:1-14
READING PASSAGE:
When Ephraim spoke, people trembled;
he was exalted in Israel.
But he became guilty of Baal worship and died.
2 Now they sin more and more;
they make idols for themselves from their silver,
cleverly fashioned images,
all of them the work of craftsmen.
It is said of these people,
“They offer human sacrifices!
They kiss[a] calf-idols!”
3 Therefore they will be like the morning mist,
like the early dew that disappears,
like chaff swirling from a threshing floor,
like smoke escaping through a window
ever since you came out of Egypt.
You shall acknowledge no God but me,
no Savior except me.
5 I cared for you in the wilderness,
in the land of burning heat.
6 When I fed them, they were satisfied;
when they were satisfied, they became proud;
then they forgot me.
7 So I will be like a lion to them,
like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
8 Like a bear robbed of her cubs,
I will attack them and rip them open;
like a lion I will devour them—
a wild animal will tear them apart.
9 “You are destroyed, Israel,
because you are against me, against your helper.
10 Where is your king, that he may save you?
Where are your rulers in all your towns,
of whom you said,
‘Give me a king and princes’?
11 So in my anger I gave you a king,
and in my wrath I took him away.
12 The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,
his sins are kept on record.
13 Pains as of a woman in childbirth come to him,
but he is a child without wisdom;
when the time arrives,
he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb.
14 “I will deliver this people from the power of the grave;
I will redeem them from death.
Where, O death, are your plagues?
Where, O grave, is your destruction?
“I will have no compassion,
Daily Fountain Devotional Saturday, February 5, 2022
INTRODUCTION
God found Israel like wild grapes in the wilderness (Hosea 9:10). They were precious in God's sight. They were taught God's commandment among which was the most important, "Thou shall know no God but me, for there is no Saviour beside me " (v.4). God nurtured them and filled them with pasture, but their heart became exalted and they forgot their God and worshipped Baal. "God is of purer eyes than to behold evil and cannot look on iniquity" (Hab. 1:13). For abandoning Him, God said he would besiege Israel with calamities.
However, being a God of loving-kindness and tender mercies, after reprimanding them, He stretched a hand of compassion to pull them to Himself, hid their sins, and told them, "in me is thy help, I will be thy king." He promised to ransom them from the power of the grave and redeem them from death, plagues, etc. "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercy never comes to an end, They are new every morning. Great is thy faithfulness oh Lord, Great is thy faithfulness " (Lam. 3:22-23). Out of His love, God is ever ready to ransom and redeem us. How are you opening your heart to receive this show of love?
Let's sing together:
God found Israel like wild grapes in the wilderness (Hosea 9:10). They were precious in God's sight. They were taught God's commandment among which was the most important, "Thou shall know no God but me, for there is no Saviour beside me " (v.4). God nurtured them and filled them with pasture, but their heart became exalted and they forgot their God and worshipped Baal. "God is of purer eyes than to behold evil and cannot look on iniquity" (Hab. 1:13). For abandoning Him, God said he would besiege Israel with calamities.
However, being a God of loving-kindness and tender mercies, after reprimanding them, He stretched a hand of compassion to pull them to Himself, hid their sins, and told them, "in me is thy help, I will be thy king." He promised to ransom them from the power of the grave and redeem them from death, plagues, etc. "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercy never comes to an end, They are new every morning. Great is thy faithfulness oh Lord, Great is thy faithfulness " (Lam. 3:22-23). Out of His love, God is ever ready to ransom and redeem us. How are you opening your heart to receive this show of love?
Let's sing together:
You are rich in mercy; Almighty Father
You are rich in mercy; Hallowed be your name
Prayer: Oh God our Father, help us to appreciate your love, and may we never take your mercies for granted in Jesus' name. Amen.
You are rich in mercy; Hallowed be your name
Prayer: Oh God our Father, help us to appreciate your love, and may we never take your mercies for granted in Jesus' name. Amen.
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