hosea 4

v6 "My people are being destroyed because they don't know me."

Lord, this morning we can read Your Words and almost feel Your pain. The pain You experienced as a result of Israel's lack of faithfulness towards You at the time. These were Your people. You loved them. You provided for them. It hurt Your heart to witness them constantly abandoning their relationship with You, for the pursuit of so many other things in the world they believed they would be fulfilled by.
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Lord I pray we, as people placing our faith and hope in the salvation we find in You, heed these words. I pray they would remind us to place You first and not abandon our time and relationship with You, for other pursuits. Help us to see those things taking priority over our walk with You, knowing You and Your Wisdom and knowledge. Lord, verse eighteen states the leaders (or shepherds) loved shame more than honor. Lord, help us to love honor (synonymous with dignity, reputation, reverence and glory). Help us grow to be so captured by our relationship with You, we have no desire to seek anything outside of You, and desire nothing more than for You to be glorified in and through our lives. Thank you Jesus, amen!