It is an unquestioned fact for those of us who are Christ followers that we should aim to know God more deeply and be transformed into His likeness. However, have we ever considered why this is so important? The prophet Hosea poetically wrote why in our study passage today.
“Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.” (Hosea 6:3 ESV)
The first reason we should seek God more is because He “is sure as the dawn.” A modern translation of this phrase would be, “When we seek God, He will respond and that will be a guarantee for as long as there will be a dawn the next day.” The more we seek God, the more we can be assured that God will respond to us.
The second reason to seek God more in our lives is because when we seek Him, God will will refresh us thoroughly. The Prophet says, “he will come to us as the showers…” He goes on to compare God’s response to us as a natural refreshment that brings life after a cold and dead winter.
In summary, the reason we want to seek God out more in our lives is because when we do, God responds and He response in such power that our lives will be refreshed with new things spring out from it. That’s something we should all want as a result of our relationship with God.
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