God’s people from the beginning have been fickle. Though God has always been faithful, we have not. In these verses after a chapter or more of describing His people’s unfaithfulness, Hosea speaks o new commitment from God. God is always trying to get a fresh start with us. So here He uses marriage language to describe how He wants our relationship to be. He says He wants to commit to us forever. He says He wants the commitment to be founded in righteousness and justice. But not just that, but then something so personal and intimate, in love and in compassion. He desires mutuality in our relationship with Him. He wants us to love Him with our whole hearts and to return His faithfulness in response to His. He will actually teach us how to love by loving us righteously, fairly, with commitment, truth and compassion. Really a beautiful passage. He wants it to be the best it can be. His desire is that when we receive His covenant of faithful love than we will in turn acknowledge Him for who He is and sincerely return that love to Him. Because He is worthy of it. Because He first loves us. We really need to keep our vow of covenanted relationship to Him so much more faithfully. Since He is totally committed and faithful don’t you think we could be more responsive and more faithful?
Loving Him,
Pastor Fred
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