Hosea 7:1-16, 1 Corinthians 7:9 Jeremiah 31:34

Our Heavenly Father longs for us to have a personal relationship with him, meaning a vertical relationship, before we have a horizontal relationship with men.

Israel, like us today, desired to do their own thing, but God wants us to talk with Him so he can guide us on the right path. We often see the wrongdoing of Israel and say: wait, they did not see how God rescued them time after time, so why don't they return to Him?" So it is the same with us today. We think God doesn't desire a relationship with us after sinning, but he passionately wants our hearts to be healed and renewed so we can walk on this earth safely. The people of Israel committed many sins like us today. Still, he has given and demonstrated his grace (love) to us through Christ so that we would be cleaned of our sins so that we gladly would walk and talk to him graciously and in awe of his power and divine authority to save and rescue us from our route to evil.