Day 22: The Healing Power of the Love of God

Dear friend,

Today I’m going to take another passage from the prophet Hosea to present to you the healing power of the love of God. It’s just one beautiful verse in the last chapter of Hosea, Hosea chapter 14, verse 4, where God is speaking about Israel’s backsliding and unfaithfulness, and nevertheless, He declares that ultimately, He will heal them. And this is what He says in Hosea 14:4:

“I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for My anger has turned away from them.” (NIV)

I want you to see that God’s love is the ultimate solution for our problems – physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, financial, individual, national. There’s only one ultimate solution – it’s the love of God. God’s love and His healing power cover every area of our personality. There’s no area of the human personality that cannot be touched and changed and healed by the love of God.

Notice again, it’s a free love. "I will love them freely," God says. It cannot be earned. There’s no way we can deserve it. We either receive it freely or we don’t receive it at all. God says out of His free, undeserved love will come healing for all Israel’s waywardness, for all their backsliding and for all the problems it has brought upon them.

The same applies to us. God’s love is free. You can’t earn it, but out of the Valley of Achor, of trouble, God will open to you the door of hope. Don’t despair, don’t give up. In the love of God there is a solution and there is healing for you, for each one of us.

For reflection and prayer

God’s love is the ultimate solution for our problems. How do you deal with problems?