Israel, if ever there were one, was a nation that struggled greatly to follow the Lord, to obey his commands and precepts,even in light of His obvious manifestations to them, throughout the OT.
I am Israel. Judah is my name. Ephriam.
In Hosea 5:7, the Lord calls out Israel for "dealing faithlessly" with Him ... or "dealing treacherously" with Him ....
I do not want to deal treacherously or faithlessly with the God, who has suffered under the thumb of His own creation, all then only to offer so great a salvation ... how can one (me) deal treacherously with the One who has manifest Himself to me so greatly, and so obviously?
The good news is that I do belong to the Lord. I am his, for he has made me so, and therefore He is mine! And in that I rejoice, but this doesn't mean its always easy, for in fact, right now it is very hard.
But the promise is still to come: I (God) will return again to my place, until they (me) acknowledge their (his) guilt and seek My face, and in their (his) distress earnestly seek me. Hosea 5:15 ...
Jesus is my Savior, when I feel like He is, and even more so when I feel like, "How on earth could He ever want to save me, to love me and make me his own?" ... because that's the kind of God he is, loving the vilest, most unlovable of all!
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