OK - I know its been a while since I've posted. Things have been really busy lately (and will continue to be for the next month). But I couldn't resist making a small comment about something I read today in Hosea.
Hosea 8:6 "...The calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces. 7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind."
The king of Israel, Jeroboam, didn't want his people going to worship Yahweh in Jerusalem or they might heal the civil war between the southern and northern tribes. So he created calves for them to worship instead.
It might have seemed like a small thing at the time, a political expedience, perhaps. But it turned into a giant thing that sucked all those tribes away from a relationship with God and into captivity.
For us, giving into a sin for expedience might seem small - a little lie here, a little dalliance there - but sowing to the wind reaps a whirlwind that you cannot control.
My word of encouragement today is when you are faced with a choice, obey God with your whole heart, or give into temptation (even a little one) that you pray in this verse:
1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Pastor Tom
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