Memo From the Mann5 Aug 2024

Kiss the Son

They kiss calf-idols! ~ Hosea 14:2

To whom are you expressing your loyalty, your devotion, and your love?Now you can answer in any number of ways, but ultimately it’s your life that will express

the truth when it comes to your loyalty, your devotion, and your love.

Here in Hosea 14 we read that Instead of seeking life from God, Ephraim sought it from the fertility rites of baal worship, which was probably a small molten image, modeled after the bull of Bethel, which was made of bronze and overlaid with silver. Kissing the idol was part of the ritual of such worship.

What does your lifestyle say?

What do your purchases say about you?

Has your life revealed a side of compassion? ...a giving nature?

What does your history say?

How have you reacted to problems when they’ve occurred?

...to disappointments when they’ve appeared?

...to darkness when it unexpectedly dropped in?

What does your prayer life say?

Have your prayers been centered on wants or needs?

Have your prayers been centered on you or others?

Have your prayers been centered on expectations or doubts?

Have your prayers been centered on dependency?

Psalm 2:12 warns us -

”Kiss his son, or he will be angry and your way will lead to your destruction,

Take the time to reflect on your life, to step back and see a clear picture ...get a glimpse of the whole story that you’re telling the world, and then ask yourself...

To whom are you expressing your loyalty, your devotion, and your love?

Pray on,

Song: Kiss the Son (Album: IHS)

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