God will Restore the Backsliding Musician

God will Restore the Backsliding Musician

       Hosea 14:4-5 states, “I will heal there backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.  I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.  His branches shall spread and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.”

       This Bible message from God through the prophet Joel is to the backsliding musician, or any person, for that matter.  If you are a backslider, God will heal you!  God promised that if Israel would (verse 1) “return unto the LORD thy God” that He would “love them freely”.  God’s anger would also be assuaged if they would only turn their hearts back to Him. 

       If you feel dry and parched spiritually, God will “be as the dew” unto your soul.  It is wonderful that God has promised the backslider is that if he or she will repent, He will moisten the heart as dew.   Furthermore, God proclaims that the former backslider will grow like a lily.  The Hebrew word parach (6524) translated here as grow literally means to break forth as a bud.  God promised that if the backslider would repent and turn back to Him, this person’s life would flourish and grow again. 

                                      Prayer for the day-God will restore the Musician

Lord please help me to be wise enough to repent of anything in my life that would displease you.  Please do not let my theological beliefs ever stand in the way of me having a clear conscious that is void of offense toward you Lord.  Thank you that you love all of us that, if we repent, you will forgive and restore us ever though we are undeserving of your love.  Thank you Lord that when we repent, you never hold a grudge against us.  These things I pray in your name.  Amen