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Hosea 9.10 (NIV)
When I found Israel, it was like
finding grapes in the desert; when I saw your fathers, it was like seeing the
early fruit on the fig tree. But when they came to Baal Peor, they consecrated
themselves to that shameful idol and became as vile as the thing they loved.
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| We become good or bad according to what we admire.* |
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Have
you ever known a sweet, adorable child who grew up into a despicable adult? You
wonder whatever happened to all that goodness. Is that child still in there
somewhere or has he been totally replaced by another being? Hosea reports a
similar sentiment in God’s words about his people. They went from being refreshing
and juicy in a place where they were “most needed” and “least expected”* to being perverted and disgusting before the holiness of God.
How easy it is
for Satan to lead us down this same path to degeneracy. One compromise after
another until what we used to consider vile is now perfectly acceptable. You think
it hasn’t happened to you? What is your favorite TV show? What do you spend
your money on? Where do you go in your spare time? What amuses you? Do you
really want to become as vile as the things you love?
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| The devil gets into the garden wherever the fence is the lowest.* |
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