The Call

Day 229

Reading: Hosea 5:1 - Hosea 9:17

God is calling His people back to Him. Hosea the prophet declared that God's children had forsaken God and chosen to go away. Reading the Book of Hosea you can see the pain and anguish God has in how His children serve idols and forsake Him. One theme the Book of Hosea brings to us is the call of repentance. Many are oppressed because they have walked away from God.

Revival will only take place once repentance has taken place. Many want to see revival however they don't want to answer God's call of repentance. As I read the passage of Scripture for the day it dawned on me that God is preparing for a revival. The first thing that God is doing is adjusting our mindsets to realise that it's no longer about us but God and His agenda. Yes, God wants me to do well however His agenda is the priority.

In Hosea we see God calling His children back to Him. After this clarion call to return to Him we see that Hosea is encouraging the listener and reader to understand that God will bind and heal every wound that one may have. A call to repentance is a call to return to God. It is a call back to the Creator away from following the selfish ways that we have followed. Repentance is making a 180 degrees turning. It's returning to God wholly and wholeheartedly. God desires we give our all back to Him. Study every revival and you will see that the catalyst to the revival was a move of repentance.

After repentance, God promises to revive us before raising us. It is when we get back to God that we shall be revived. God desires to revive marriages, businesses, families, His children, however, this can only happen when we repent of sin. Unless true inner repentance is seen by God then we cannot see what we desire. God told Solomon at the dedication of the Temple, that if God's children pray, turn from their wicked ways, seek His face, then God will answer and cause rain to fall on the earth 2 Chronicles 7:14. 

After a reviving by God, He will raise us. Ever seen a person who collapses. Medics will advise that the person is first revived. After they are revived they are then raised to a position that is right. Many just want to be revived. Don't stop at the place of reviving, desire to be raised. May God raise you and me to higher levels. Remember that the root is repentance. You cannot be raised by God if you are not repentant at first. May the Spirit of God convict us that we repent and turn to Him.

Memory Verse: Hosea 6:1-2

Decree:

Hosea 6:3

Let us know, let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, like the latter and former rain to the earth. (italics mine)