MY DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL
Devotion
for Saturday February 29, 2020
Topic:
Refreshing Dew
Text:
Hosea 14:4 – 7
This chapter of the book Hosea has a call to
repentance and the unprecedented blessings that will follow if Israel obeys the
call. A survey of this chapter has it that Hosea 14:1 – 3 is the call while
verse 4ff is the response God will give when they repent. There are some
lessons for us in this chapter.
a)
There is
the need to acknowledge our sins (1 John 1:8 – 10, Psalm 51:1 -12). Lenten
season should be used to assess our spiritual life and relationship with God
and humanity. It takes humility and honesty to recognize and admit our weakness
because it is difficult for some people to admit and acknowledge their
shortcomings and faults. This is largely due to self in Man. If it is so with
you, repent and ask God to help you out.
b)
There
are blessings when we confess our sins (Hosea 4:4 – 9; Proverbs 28:13 & 1
John 1:9). One of those blessings of repentance is in our text for the day. God
assures that He will be a refreshing dew to Israel when they turn from their
evil and return to Him. Refreshing gives new strength. When you repent, God
will renew you and bestow great blessings upon you.
Food for
Thought:
Repentance is a guarantee of refreshing dew from God upon us.
Memory
verse: Job
29:19
Prayer:
God, grant me the spirit of humility and honesty to always admit my weaknesses
and fault and also repent of them in Jesus name.
