259. Walking in Humility (OT-#16) - Hosea March 30, 2023

Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley.  Today we will be going over Proverb 30.  I will then key in on verses 2 & 3 - Surely I am more stupid than any man, And do not have the understanding of a man. I neither learned wisdom Nor have knowledge of the Holy One.  Friends, these two verses go hand in hand.  What they are telling us is that we are to seek wisdom above anything else.  If we develop wisdom in all areas of our life our life will go much better.  These verses also tell us that we are to have knowledge and seek Jesus.  Today I will close out my study on people who demonstrated humility in the Old Testament with the story of Hosea.  God called Hosea to be a prophet, but also to marry a woman named Gomer - telling him in advance that she would be unfaithful to him and eventually leave him.  (I will read Hosea, Chapter 1, and read verses 2-9).  In Chapter 2, Gomer leaves Hosea to fulfill the lusts of her flesh (meaning she is going to seek other men - and thus to become unfaithful to her husband).  In Chapter 3, Hosea ends up buying Gomer back from a man.  He tells her that she will no longer have relations with any man (including Gomer himself for a certain period of time).  I will read Chapter 3, verses 1-5.  In Chapter #4 God brings a charge against Israel and states that, not only have the people of God been unfaithful to God, but that the priests have been guilty of leading the people astray (I will read Chapter 4, verses 4-6).  Hosea ends on a good note, however.  I will read Chapter 14, verses 4-8 and see that God envisions a time when Israel will eventually come back to God and begin following his commands once again.  Hosea is a perfect picture of what humility looks like - meaning obeying the call of God that He has placed on your life.  Call to Action:  Ask God if there is anything that you need to get rid of in your life, and also ask Him if you are doing what He has asked you to do.