Day 94: A Jug Of God's Desire, If You Please!
Read: Hosea 2:6 - 23
I guess you might say that today things might get kind of mushy for us
guys out there. But there is a word that is pressing on my heart this
morning. That word is desire. What is it that we desire? Peace and Quiet
- absolutely! Our own fair share of Wealth and Prosperity? A most
admirable and laudable aspiration. More success than failure? Yes indeed success is very good and more of it would seem to me to become a confidence builder and a healthy balance of failure makes sure we
keep on trying and learning. Love, relationship, family and God? You
have hit the nail on the head!
Which brings me to the Book of
the Prophet Hosea. I want to go back to a book of the Bible that was one
of the most profound and most amazing love stories in the Bible. Many
of you will have never heard of it. Many of you will have never even read of
it. The book is about Hosea's relationship with his wife and
children, their up and down, on again off again love for one another.
It’s also a mirror picture of God’s love for us. His name has a very
profound meaning. His name means “salvation” in the Hebrew language. He
was bringing the word of God's desire to love all, to His people of
Israel.
God was looking out toward His people, those who were
called by His name were denying Him, turning their backs on Him, they
were worshiping false gods. They were doing all these things. God was
heartbroken about it. God said to him, “Hosea, take yourself an
unfaithful wife just like Israel has been unfaithful to me.” Basically
what He desired was Hosea to not only speak His words to the people of
Israel but He desired Hosea to feel the pain that He felt. He desired
that he experience what He felt when He spoke those words. God desired
that the people feel His great anguish.
The first thing we see
is that our personal desires just don’t satisfy when it comes to our
relationship with God. We have to realize that the desires that we put
in our own lives, that take the place of God, just won’t satisfy us or
Him. Listen, God desires a personal love relationship with you as an
individual. He created you. He loves you. He even uses marriage as a
metaphor of what that relationship is about. That’s what He desires for
us. He desires to be first. He desires to be the center, primary in our
lives. There is nothing more life giving than that. When you desire
to start sharing that with someone you make a huge impact on their life.
There is no substitute for God.
Let us pray: Redeeming God,
Author of my life, Lord of all that is love, Change my heart oh God Make
it ever true. Change my heart oh God, May my one deepest, most truest
desire be only You. In the name of my hearts greatest desire - Jesus my
Lord!!!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSFdegPWiqE
I Desire Jesus - Hillsong Live (2012 New Album Cornerstone DVD) Lyrics/Subtitles (Worship Song)
www.youtube.com
Hillsong Live New DVD Album, Cornerstone, 2012,
Read: Hosea 2:6 - 23
I guess you might say that today things might get kind of mushy for us guys out there. But there is a word that is pressing on my heart this morning. That word is desire. What is it that we desire? Peace and Quiet - absolutely! Our own fair share of Wealth and Prosperity? A most admirable and laudable aspiration. More success than failure? Yes indeed success is very good and more of it would seem to me to become a confidence builder and a healthy balance of failure makes sure we keep on trying and learning. Love, relationship, family and God? You have hit the nail on the head!
Which brings me to the Book of the Prophet Hosea. I want to go back to a book of the Bible that was one of the most profound and most amazing love stories in the Bible. Many of you will have never heard of it. Many of you will have never even read of it. The book is about Hosea's relationship with his wife and children, their up and down, on again off again love for one another. It’s also a mirror picture of God’s love for us. His name has a very profound meaning. His name means “salvation” in the Hebrew language. He was bringing the word of God's desire to love all, to His people of Israel.
God was looking out toward His people, those who were called by His name were denying Him, turning their backs on Him, they were worshiping false gods. They were doing all these things. God was heartbroken about it. God said to him, “Hosea, take yourself an unfaithful wife just like Israel has been unfaithful to me.” Basically what He desired was Hosea to not only speak His words to the people of Israel but He desired Hosea to feel the pain that He felt. He desired that he experience what He felt when He spoke those words. God desired that the people feel His great anguish.
The first thing we see is that our personal desires just don’t satisfy when it comes to our relationship with God. We have to realize that the desires that we put in our own lives, that take the place of God, just won’t satisfy us or Him. Listen, God desires a personal love relationship with you as an individual. He created you. He loves you. He even uses marriage as a metaphor of what that relationship is about. That’s what He desires for us. He desires to be first. He desires to be the center, primary in our lives. There is nothing more life giving than that. When you desire to start sharing that with someone you make a huge impact on their life. There is no substitute for God.
Let us pray: Redeeming God, Author of my life, Lord of all that is love, Change my heart oh God Make it ever true. Change my heart oh God, May my one deepest, most truest desire be only You. In the name of my hearts greatest desire - Jesus my Lord!!!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSFdegPWiqE
I Desire Jesus - Hillsong Live (2012 New Album Cornerstone DVD) Lyrics/Subtitles (Worship Song)
www.youtube.com
Hillsong Live New DVD Album, Cornerstone, 2012,
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