Verse: “I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, For My anger has turned away from him. Hosea 14:4

The northern kingdom of Israel sinned, The Lord sends a prophet Hosea, and explains how the Lord sees their actions through the life of Hosea. Lord warns them about the fierce judgment that is coming upon them. All this ended up with Israel being conquered by Assyria and they went through terrible suffering, during all these warnings from the Lord, there were future promises for His people when they returned to the Lord, 

Let us examine if we have really returned to the Lord, if so the promises mentioned below are our portion

Change In Identity: “I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me In righteousness and justice, In lovingkindness and mercy; Hosea 2:19 – Our identity changes and we belong to Jesus, our sins are forgiven. Our primary desire has changed that is to be like Jesus and lead a righteous life a dress rehearsal for eternity.

Change In Position: Then I will sow her for Myself in the earth, And I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; Then I will say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people!’ And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’  Hosea 2:23 – Lord’s longing for us to be His people and we have our Father as Our God. If this is reality, we will hate sin and pursue righteousness as our Father is Holy.

Change In Attitude: Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They shall fear the Lord and His goodness in the latter days. Hosea 3:5 – When we truly seek the Lord and spend quality time in his presence, we will truly know the goodness of the Lord and our hearts will fear the Lord.

Change In Relationship: “I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, For My anger has turned away from him. Hosea 14:4 – Oh! this will be our longing; the Lord will heal us. Lord will no longer be angry at us and love us freely.