And she did not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the wine, and the oil, and who lavished on her silver and gold, which they used for Baal. Hosea 2:8 – We see within this passage that Hosea’s adulterous wife had chosen to live in the house of her false lover. There she was enjoying bread, water, oil, and drink, and she believed that it was her lover that was providing her such things. Yet Hosea clarifies for us what really was happening, he was still providing all this for her. One commentator said to imagine Hosea knocking on the door of the man’s house that his wife was in, dropping off groceries to make sure she was taken care of because he knew this other man couldn’t provide for her, and then this other guy pretending he was the one taking care of Hosea’s wife. This is us with the Lord. We may believe that our sin is offering us so much. We are finding relief from the pain, rest from the chaos, and happiness from the high. We believe that it’s because these sinful things are in our life that we are being taken care of, but it’s because God hasn’t left us that we are being taken care of. He is still providing rest, love, and life for us even when we have strayed from Him. Yet as we see from the chapter, God will take His blessings back for a time so we will finally see it’s not our sin taking care of us, it’s our God providing for us. If you are waging war with some sin right now, remember anything good that you think you are receiving from that sin is from the Lord and not from the sin. Turn from the sin to the Lord and realize that not only will the good you were receiving still be there, but that it is just the beginning of the good God wants to bring into your life. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2941
Question To Ponder: What is something the enemy wants you to believe comes from him and not from God?
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