Hosea 10

How had Israel drifted so far?  How had sin become so commonplace in their lives?  Was it unbelief? No it was the lack of real leadership.  It was promises broken, falsely spoken, and sworn into covenant.  Judgments that sprang up like hemlock in the furrows of a field.  Israel was in sin, and captivity much in part because they had no real leaders.  (Hosea 10: 3,4.)  How important, in our lives is it to follow the leaders that God has placed in our lives?  It is of the upmost importance.  We are blessed to be in a great assembly, where we can enter into His presence, and respond to His working in our lives.

Men, let's become REAL Leaders in our worlds.  Let us be messengers to the world, and show them that there is freedom in following the Great Leader.  Freedom in following the leaders that He has placed in our lives.  Proverbs 13:15 tells us "but the way of transgressors is hard".  Unlike Israel, I want to follow the Lord, so that my every step is ordered by Him.

Joe Crosson