All against Him !

Wednesday 23 June 2021

All against Him !

Hosea 11.4 (TOB) - I led them with human ties, with ties of love, I was to them like those who lift an infant against their cheek and I handed him something to eat.

When we read the Old Testament, we have the impression that we are before a severe and demanding God. This text from Hosea, which explains the relationship of the Lord with his people, shows us just the opposite. God does not hesitate to pass through the mouth of his prophet this analogy with the tenderness which unites a parent with his little child. This is what the Lord was for this people yet so rebellious and stubborn, He took great care of them with incomparable gentleness and attention.

My reflection is : how do we see God ? Unfortunately for many, the image of God is distorted by the bad experiences they had with their own parents. Absent, authoritarian, violent parents, even abusers... So many wounds that reflect on their relationship with the Father of love.

The Lord Jesus came to present him to this Father of love. Everything in Him was only compassion and mercy, to the point of making the marvelous gift of his life so that we may be saved! He encouraged us to approach God in prayer by calling him “Abba,” a very loving term for Father. This close, warm relationship, imbued with love and tenderness, God ardently seeks with us. He does not only desire to be venerated as God but He has the deep will to make us taste his love, his Love with a capital A.

My beloved, let us not be an orphan. Let us let ourselves be enveloped by the arms of the Father's love and let Him lift us up against his cheek. Let us receive from Him a kiss full of affection and kindness. It is the God in whom I believe, a being of extreme goodness, do you want to experience it too ?

Good reflection.

Source (Ezekiel 37 Ministries)