Turn And Return

Turn & Return
But you must return to your God... ~ Hosea 12:6

All of us have guideposts that mark our journey, and some of them we’d no doubt like to remove ... but then that’s an impossible feat, they’re posted there indelibly, we lived them, and we can’t undo our history ... we can only learn from them. They’re reminders, not only to grow by, but also not to repeat.

In Hosea 12  the Lord admonishes Israel to live no longer in sin (as Jacob did), but to return to God and act with love and justice. The full verse reads -
6 But you must return to your God;
maintain love and justice,
and wait for your God always.

And that’s exactly us... when we wander away, when we stumble, when we fall, God says turn away, turn around and return to me. We are firmly reprimanded to act with love and justice. That requires us to step back, get a clear picture, and to make the needed changes ...and maybe more importantly, we’re told to wait for Him always.

Yes he said wait, what a dreaded thing it is to wait ...but in waiting, we have to put our actions aside and that can be an uncomfortable place ...we’re in stand-by (most often impatiently) until something else happens ...in this case a response from God.

Lord, enact in us a habit of waiting for you; help us to return to you when we wander; and to maintain love and justice in our daily lives. 

Pray on,

Song: I Remember (Album: IHS)