Post Twelve, A Deeper Relationship

Friday 26 July 2013

Yesterday we talked about restoration and dealing with sin.

Today we will talk about coming to a deeper relationship with the LORD.

Hosea 2:16
"'And it will come about in that day,' declares the LORD,
"'That you will call Me Ishi
And will no longer call Me Baali."

Ishi means my husband and Baali means my owner. How beautiful is this? To have such a close relationship with the LORD.

Isaiah 54:4 says
"'Fear not, for you will not be put to shame;
Neither feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced;
But you will forget the shame of your youth,
And the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.

Isaiah 54:5
"'For your husband is your Maker,
Whose name is the LORD of hosts;
And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel,
Who is called the God of all the earth.

Isaiah 54:6
"'For the LORD has called you,
Like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit,
Even like a wife of one's youth when she is rejected,'"
Says your God.

Isaiah 54:7
"'For a brief moment I forsook you,
But with great compassion I will gather you.

Isaiah 54:8
"'In an outburst of anger
I hid My face from you for a moment;
But with everlasting lovingkindness I will have compassion on you,'"
Says the LORD your Redeemer.

There is even still more to this story...