When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. —Hosea 11:1
Why does God want to revive our hearts and restore us to a closer relationship with Him? One major reason is that He loves us!
Due to the numerous accounts of God’s judgment recorded in the Old Testament, we might get the impression that God was eager to punish or that He’s harsh, demanding, and impatient. But the opposite is true. Times of judgment usually came after years of pleading with His people to come back to Him.
Look at the book of Hosea. It was God’s love for people that caused them to want to return to Him. It wasn’t that they suddenly “felt” love for Him again nor that they somehow remembered how wonderful it was to live with an awareness of God’s love. It was that God caused them to desire that love relationship again. He enabled His people to see not only how wrong they had been and why His discipline was necessary but also that He would welcome their return because He had never ceased loving them.
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Seeking Him: Experiencing the Joy of Personal Revival ©2009 Life Action Ministries
Scripture taken from The CSB
Make it Personal
Spend time thanking the Lord for His love for you and ask Him to continue drawing you to Himself.