Let Us Return Unto The Lord

Hosea 6:1 

"Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn,

and he will heal us; he hath smitten,

and he will bind us up." 

    What an opening statement: "come and let us return"! A invitation from the hand that smote was the Fathers who waited to welcome the prodigal Nation with healing and up-binding. When the sun dips below the horizon, we begin to travel toward its rising again. Then we follow on, to behold the glorious dawn of the next day, which is prepared for us. Presently we catch the first glimpse, but soon we shall see into its full splendor.

    The sun does not move toward us, but we toward it. So when the soul turns toward God, if only it is willing to do His will, it has begun to follow on toward the light of His countenance, which presently will be revealed in its full radiance. God’s favor is also compared to the fertilizing rain, for its certainty and refreshment, "While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease" (Gen.8:22).

    While God’s love is constant, our religious life is erratic and changeful. Emotion is a memory as the morning clouds, that dissipate as quickly as they are formed. Our Lord quoted "But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance," (Matt. 9:13). 
Amen!

Reading: Hos. 6:1-11
Ref: HG SB

May God Bless You 

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry