Open with the story about the Princess and the Frog, where the princess didn't upholds her part of an agreement till her dad insistent she should be honest. After the kiss, the frog was transformed into a prince and he and the princess lived happily ever after, or did they? Where are they now? In Hosea 11:1, we have been discussing Gods unconditional love, but the more God called the Israelis the more they tried to leave Him. They continued to worshiped Bail and complain, regardless what God had provided for them.
We have been talking about Gomer the prostitute whom God instructed Hosea to marry. Gomer was not a faithful wife so Hosea left. What was Gomer thinking? After being rescued by a profit of God, she returned to her old life of prostitution? Makes no sense looking at this from the outside, but from inside, there is a different perspective. Why would we choose to live our life in confusion, like the frogs, when God has given us a new identity? We behave in the way we see ourselves. When we look in the mirror, we see a guilty person, and all the bad, not how God sees us. We still see ourselves as the frog and not the new prince. We don't behave to become something, we behave because we are something; The day we become a Christian, we are a new creation. But Satan continues to attack our vulnerabilities, causing us to compare ourselves to our neighbor who lives much better. We are too sensitive regarding how others see us, The only thing that matters is how God sees us and that our identity is with Him. I am not a frog, I am His.
