“There is no faithfulness, no love,
no acknowledgment of God in the land.
There is only cursing, lying and murder,
stealing and adultery;
they break all bounds,
and bloodshed follows bloodshed.” (Hosea 4:1b-2)
It often feels that we live in a world of murder and lies, where love and faithfulness is in short supply. This happens today for the same reason it happened in Hosea’s day.
We look for truth everywhere except the One who is Truth.
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6)
We look for love everywhere but the God of Love.
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. (1 John 4:8)
We look for insight and direction everywhere except in the Word of God.
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16)
We must spread the love and word of God to this world around us - if we don't then who will? Just a bit later in his diatribe, the prophet Hosea speaks the truth of God which very simply explains the entire problem:
My people are being destroyed
because they don’t know me. (Hosea 4:6)
#LoveMatters