Healing Our Waywardness

Hosea 13,14; Psalms 100,102; Hebrews 5

“Take words with you and return to the Lord. Say to him: ‘Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips…in you the fatherless find compassion…I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them.”

Hosea 14:2-4

Repentance is the road back to our Father’s house. Like the prodigal son, Israel’s only hope was by returning to the Lord. When our words and our heart-attitude are congruent in godly sorrow for our sins and we are determined to turn and go the other way, we find the compassion of our heavenly Father has been reaching out to us all the time. The consequences of sin and wayward living are painful and all of us need the healing love of our Father. When God’s compassion is “aroused” (Hosea11:8) for his children, it is irresistible.

What words are we being prompted to take to the Lord?

Where do we need the Father’s love to heal our waywardness?

Will we humble ourselves and return to the Lord this day?

“Lord God, I love you and thank you for your forgiveness, mercy, and compassion toward me this day, for your glory.”