Hosea 11

How the Lord Loves

We see a change in Hosea’s writing to focus in on the love of the Lord compared to what the other chapters have been about. In chapter 1 of Hosea, God told Hosea to marry a prostitute. Hosea would symbolize God’s faithfulness to Israel and she would symbolize Israel’s unfaithfulness to God. From chapter 1 to 10 we see Israel’s sin towards God but in this chapter we see God being committed and faithful with his love towards Israel.

Even though Israel was going further from the Lord we see he still loves. Even though they were rejecting him, he remained faithful. In verse 8 it says, “My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender.” God was compassionate, faithful, steadfast in his love for Israel and the same is for us today. Just think that God still loves you at your worst, is faithful towards you, and is steadfast for you. That blows my mind that God is like that with his love for you and me. I am so glad that God is patient with me as I do not deserve it.

In this video I am just reminded how much God loves me despite of me and who I am. See Romans 8:35-39