Tuesday, 4 July 2023

All against Him !

Hosea 11.4 (TOB) – I led them with human attachments, with bonds of love, I was for them like those who lift an infant to their cheek and I handed them food.

When we read the Old Testament, we have the impression of being before a severe and demanding God. This text from Hosea, which explains the relationship of the Lord with his people, shows us just the opposite. God does not hesitate to convey through the mouth of his prophet this analogy with the tenderness that unites a parent with his little child. This is what the Lord was for this people yet so rebellious and stubborn, He took great care of them with incomparable gentleness and attention.

My reflection is : how do we see God ? Unfortunately for many, the image of God is distorted by the bad experiences they have had with their own parents. Parents absent, authoritarian, violent, even abusive... So many wounds that reflect on their relationship with the Father of love.

The Lord Jesus came to introduce him to this Father of love. Everything in Him was only compassion and mercy until he gave the marvelous gift of his life so that we might be saved ! He encouraged us to approach God in prayer by calling him “Abba,” a very affectionate term for Father. This close, warm relationship, imbued with love and tenderness, God seeks it ardently with us. He not only desires to be venerated as God but He has the deep desire to make us taste his love, his Love with a capital A.

My beloved ones, let us not remain an orphan. Let us be enveloped by the loving arms of the Father and let Him lift us up against His cheek. Let us receive from Him a kiss full of affection and kindness. He is the God in whom I believe, a being of extreme goodness, do you want to experience it too ?

Good reflection.

Pastor Claude

Source (Apostolic Center EZ37M) https://wp.ez37m.com