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From: The Message/Remix: Solo, An Uncommon Devotional Day 167

Read

The scripture reading for today is Hosea 10:11-12.  Here is a link to that passage in an online bible:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hosea+10%3A11-12&version=MSG

Read the passage aloud slowly.

Think

Read the passage aloud again.  As you do, understand this to be God’s dream for the northern tribes of Israel.  Instead of doing these things, however, they rebelled.

Think of a time God used you to love someone or do something special for someone.  In doing so, you were a well-trained heifer!l

1.    What does this passage tell you about what a well-trained heifer does?
2.    Why is it a joy for a well-trained heifer to “dig in with God”?

Read the passage one more time.  What words are attractive to your ears?

Pray
Thank God for the times he has used you to do kingdom work – offering mercy, doing justice, or acting in faithfulness.  Ask God to show you ways he wants to use you that you might not have noticed.

Live
Sit in the joy and satisfaction of digging in with God.  If you have not experienced being used by God, imagine what it might feel like.