Connect (with Your Friend)

I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something foreign. ~ Hosea 8:12

Most of us as children didn’t like being in the dark. We were afraid of what we couldn’t see. Now, even as adults we’re not fond of being in the dark ...as in not knowing what’s goin on.

No one likes to be in a situation where they feel out of control, it’s uncomfortable. We get that uneasy feeling, it’s unsettling.

The unknown is a daunting place, a place where we’re prone to being surprised ...where at any moment that Jack-in-the-Box is gonna jump into our path and make its unwanted presence known.

Let’s be honest , I think most of us will admit we’re some kind of control freak. Yet we’re living a life that’s being controlled by someone else. Fortunately for us, it’s the God of love ...whose plans for us are good and perfect. So we need not fear the future.

In Hosea 8:12 we read where the Israelites are living in the dark, where all of God’s previous writing, his laws, were regarded as forgiven, as strange. They had broken God’s commandments, and they had turned aside from their covenant relationship with the Lord. They wandered away from him ...sound familiar?

This is why we need to stay in God’s word everyday ...there are constant distractions pulling us away, pulling us into the darkness. We need to stay connected, we need to stay close, when it comes to God and his word, we need to be like familiar friends.

You see familiarity breeds confidence, security, and a sense of calm. Now who doesn’t want to live in that space? Let me leave you with this thought from Pastor Sandy Adams.

Rather than a stranger, the Bible needs to be a familiar friend. ~ S.A.

Hey, don’t put off that connection to your good, life-long friend, stay in touch, don’t become a stranger.

Pray on... Scripture: Hosea 8:12 Song: What A Friend