As we move into chapter 8 look at the last verse, ““For Israel has forgotten his Maker” and that is why we need renewal.
It’s not that He is not there in our minds; our Bible sits there; we pray our prayers and sing our songs; but we have forgotten Him.
“Set the trumpet to your mouth! He shall come like an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant and rebelled against my law. Israel will cry to me, ‘My God, we know You!’ Israel has rejected the good; the enemy will pursue him” (Hosea 8 v 1-3)
We need renewal because:
- There is little humility
- God’s people had virtually abandoned God’s covenantal law and yet they boasted they knew Him.
Prayer:
Let the Church wake up to your trumpet call and battle cry. Sound the alarm! Forgive us O Lord.
We have boasted of many things but the worst boast is to pretend to others and ourselves that we know you when we do not walk with you.
We have removed the word sin from our vocabulary and everyone is free to be who they are and do what they want to do with no regards to what you have commanded.
We have deceived ourselves.
We have reinterpreted the Scriptures to fit what we want them to say.
We have no self-awareness and there is no accountability for there is no authority in our lives, we are our own authority.
We do not comply, we do not obey, we do not want to be corrected, we are so full of pride that we notice other people’s sin but not our own.
Spirit lead us to the cross of Christ again where this arrogance can be broken and where we can be forgiven.
Spirit lead us to grace where we can begin again.
Spirit cleanse our lives with the blood of the Son.
Spirit align us to the Father’s authority so that we can proclaim ‘ABBA Father’
Spirit renew your Church today and start the work in me.
Amen.
Missions Paul 