Jane, an avid gardener’s favourite flowers are lilies. She wants to transplant a lily flower from a friend's garden but receives the shock of her life when she sees the length of the root of this lily flower. How can this be? Let's discover how this is possible in our study today. We would be looking at Hosea 14

In this study, the tools we would use for this study are

So let's dig in and turn the bible to Hosea 14

Who, What, When, Where, and How tool

Israel is charged to return to God. As she had lost her footing with God and what she was experiencing was due to her iniquity

Israel is charged to go back to God in repentance. Asking God to receive her not on her words only but on God's graciousness. "Grace is undeserved favour"

Israel affirms that Assyria and idols couldn't save them. But they see God as a merciful God and now look to Him for salvation.

God's response to heal Israel's backsliding

He will turn anger away from  Israel

He will restore their relationship back to Himself

The relationship will be outwardly like the lily and inwardly like the roots of the cedar of Lebanon. With branches and beauty like an olive tree and fragrance like Lebanon

Israel  shall be revived again

Ephraim shall say They will have nothing to do with idols.   God's fruit is found in  Ephraim

The wise and prudent understand these things - that the ways of the LORD are right. The righteous walk in them but the transgressors stumble in them