Hosea wants her home. Even when she wanders away everything she gets comes from her husband even though she doesn’t see it. What will it take to bring her home?
God wants to be the husband to His people but they have turned their backs on Him and abused His blessings. They are hypocritical because they have continued on the one hand with their festivals and celebrations to Him and yet at the same time worshipping Baal. So what will God do? He will move towards them in power!
“I will ruin her vines and her fig trees, which she said were her pay from her lovers; I will make them a thicket, and wild animals will devour them. I will punish her for the days she burned incense to the Baals; she decked herself with rings and jewellery, and went after her lovers, but me she forgot,” declares the Lord.” (Hosea 2 v 12-13)
There we have it. The painful reality. “… but me she forgot.” Hosea was really feeling this message personally and it cut deep into his heart. Gomer had forgotten him. Have you ever felt forgotten? How do you explain such a feeling? It is death inside. It is over. She is not returning. Does she think of the good times that you once had? Or are they forgotten too? Has she deleted every photo from her phone? Are you not anywhere in her mind or sight? To be forgotten means someone or thing has replaced you. But to be forgotten also means your friends will want you to forget her.
That is something Hosea will not do.
This is something God has not done over you and me either. Though we have forgotten Him by many distraction of life He remains focused in His love for us. We have lost our first love for Jesus and it shows in many ways but He is steadfast in His love for us.
Thank you Jesus, our perfect Hosea/Saviour!
Missions Paul 