Good
day! I’m Duane Matz and this is Today’s Living Word:
Ho 4:1
Hear the word of the LORD, You children of Israel, For the LORD brings a charge
against the inhabitants of the land: "There is no truth or mercy Or
knowledge of God in the land.
I don’t
believe this charge from the Lord is restricted to the people of Hosea’s day
and I say that because the charge is leveled against the inhabitants of the
land. As a nation, (the United States of America) we inhabitant a land and if
the shoe fits us, (God’s charges fit us) we must wear it.
So
what are the charges? Three of them. (1) a trampling of truth, (2) a lack of
mercy, (3) a lack of knowledge of God.
In the next verse, Hosea goes on to point out the evidences of such a
culture. More on that next time.
For
today I want to zero in on the “lack of knowledge.” Because, this lack of
knowledge concerning God will produce the results of trampled truth and a lack
of mercy.
The
idea of knowledge here is not that of head knowledge, but rather that of
intimacy. The word knowledge comes from the same word used when Adam “knew” Eve
and she conceived.
So the
charge against the inhabitants of the land is they lack a personal relationship
with God! It’s not so much a charge, but a stating of fact. The problem with
the inhabitants of the land, is they lack a personal relationship with God, and
we know that the personal relationship comes through God-granted faith in Jesus Christ.
It’s
plain to see then what needs to happen in the land to rectify the situation. We
need a revival! An outpouring of the Holy Spirit to turn people from their
wayward ways and back to the ways of the Lord where truth and mercy are
championed.
Corrie
Ten Boom had this to say about revival. If you want revival draw a circle in
the ground, then step into that circle and pray, “Lord bring revival to what is
inside this circle!”
Will
you step inside that circle? Will you pray? Revival starts one soul at a time,
why can’t it start with me?
I’m
Duane Matz and that’s Today’s Living Word
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