Friday – Prophets

Reading – Hosea 3-4

Highlight Verses:

“Then the Lord said to me, “Go and love your wife again, even though she commits adultery with another lover. This will illustrate that the Lord still loves Israel, even though the people have turned to other gods and love to worship them.” So I bought her back for fifteen pieces of silver and five bushels of barley and a measure of wine.”
‭‭Hosea‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Did I mention that Hosea is – umm – unique?

Notice that verse 1 uses the present tense.

She was actively committing adultery.

Given the fact that he had to buy her back, it appears that she managed to get herself bound into slavery.

Make no mistake – she got herself into this situation.

But now she was trapped.

She needed help to get out of the situation.

We humans blow it regularly.

We get ourselves trapped into addiction or debts of various types.

We cannot get out on our own.

We need help.

God is ready and willing.

So are many of His followers.

Just ask!

Have you been trapped in any type of slavery (like addiction, etc)?
How did you get out?
If you are trapped now, what’s keeping you from seeking help to get free?