A Devotional Thought From Hosea

Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, or mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out and blood toucheth blood. Therefore shall the land mourn… Hosea 4:1-3a

God speaks to His people: I have a controversy (a quarrel) with you. He says, your land is vacant of truth, empty of mercy, and without knowledge of, and obedience to, Me. It is filled with false swearing and lying, and killing and stealing, and committing adultery. As a result the land will mourn.

What was happening in that land in those days sounds a lot like what is happening in our land, and others around the world. If such a societal lifestyle brought that ancient nation mourning, could it not do the same today?

The cure for this danger is to turn to God and follow His guidance for nations.