#hosea 12

Thursday, 6/4/26

SCRIPTURE:

The LORD God of heavenly forces, the LORD is His name! But you! Return to your God with faithful love and justice, and wait continually for your God. ~ Hosea 12:5-6

OBSERVATION:

• “The LORD is His Name!” • “The Lord God of heavenly forces!” • But me? • Not even close… • …and yet I wander in disobedience and unfaithfulness… • …too often tired of waiting… • …or worse yet, not even thinking of waiting… • …taking matters into my own hands, my own words…

APPLICATION:

• Return to God with faithful love and justice • Wait continually for Him

PRAYER:

Lord God of heavenly forces - Please forgive my wandering, my failure to acknowledge Your Name in my selfish wants - Thank You for inviting me to return, and may I wait continually for You as You do for me, in faithful love - In Jesus’s Name and for Your eternal glory, honor, and praise!

—————————————— Tomorrow finishes Hosea… where to next?

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Today is the 24th day of the Omer.

(Link to full chapter text on Sefaria)

A Reproof of Ephraim, Judah, Jacob

1 Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

2 The LORD also brings a charge against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds. 3 In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God. 4 Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there — 5 the LORD is the God of Hosts— the LORD is His name of renown. 6 But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.

7 A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands. 8 And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”

9 But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast. 10 I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets. 11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.

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