Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Hosea 11:3-6
by: Michaella Osborn.
Have you ever helped a child learn to walk? God used the metaphor of teaching a child to walk to show His love and provision for Israel in this passage. This tender image helps to drive home the point when Ephraim rejected the love and kindness of God. Similar to a young child rejecting the love of a parent, this rejection only leads to suffering. We often act the same way towards God. Like young children or livestock, we are helpless without God, yet we often think that we can manage without Him. Can we walk in true love and justice while rejecting the love of God towards us?