"O Israel, return to the LORD your God, For you have stumbled because of your iniquity; Take words with you, And return to the LORD. Say to Him, "Take away all iniquity; Receive us graciously, For we will offer the sacrifices of our lips. Assyria shall not save us, We will not ride on horses, Nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands, 'You are our gods.' For in You the fatherless finds mercy."
I love God's response to this:
"I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, For My anger has turned away from him."
I few phrases really stand out to me.
- "Assyria shall not save us..." -the idea that we can't rely on anyone or anything else to rescue us...Jesus is the only way.
- "Nor will we say...to the work of our hands, 'You are our gods." -Not letting anything in our life get a higher pedestal than God does.
- "For in You the fatherless finds mercy." -Just really like the wording...that only in God we find mercy.
- "I will heal their backsliding." -He will put us in a right standing with God!
- "I will love them freely." -God's Love is no longer withheld from us!
Hold on to these promises! If we repent and turn to Him, not only will God heal and forgive us, we will experience His love.
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