“For Israel has behaved stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. How then should he expect to be fed and treated by the Lord like a lamb in a large pasture?”
Hosea 4:16 Amplified Version
Doesn’t this remind you of your kids? of your teens? So many times as a mom I felt like I was being taken advantage of, being abused. I would plead for good behavior on the basis of all I did. It seemed logical that my kid would see the great disproportion of goodness going her way and want to restore balance. What a joke! What was I thinking??!!
Our sin nature does not see things this way. We expect those who love us to give selflessly, while we take what is owed to us. Isn’t that how we often approach God?
Are we not guilty of the same disconnect between how we behave and how we are treated?
We stubbornly insist to do as we please, to have things our way, while, at the same time, expect to receive blessings from a loving and gracious God.
Now there is no possible way that we can balance the scales so to speak, but we can give Him obedience. We can give Him the sacrifice of praise. We can surrender our wills to Him. We can try.
Doesn’t this remind you of your kids? of your teens? So many times as a mom I felt like I was being taken advantage of, being abused. I would plead for good behavior on the basis of all I did. It seemed logical that my kid would see the great disproportion of goodness going her way and want to restore balance. What a joke! What was I thinking??!!
Our sin nature does not see things this way. We expect those who love us to give selflessly, while we take what is owed to us. Isn’t that how we often approach God?
Are we not guilty of the same disconnect between how we behave and how we are treated?
We stubbornly insist to do as we please, to have things our way, while, at the same time, expect to receive blessings from a loving and gracious God.
Now there is no possible way that we can balance the scales so to speak, but we can give Him obedience. We can give Him the sacrifice of praise. We can surrender our wills to Him. We can try.
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