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So the question is, what does God expect from His children? The book of Hosea gives us the answer. Hosea, 6;4,“ O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee?” Here Ephraim and Judah are a reference to both Houses, the House of Israel and the House of Judah that were taken captive because of rejecting Father’s word. To continue in verse 4, “ for your goodness is as a morning cloud and as the morning dew it goeth away”. Their love for God is lukewarm and shallow. And verse 6, “For I desired mercy and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. God wants His children to love Him. Why? Because we would be better off. The first commandment to love God is essential to our own wellbeing.

Zechariah the 10th chapter verse one says we need to ask for the latter rain. “ Ask ye the Lord rain in the time of the Latter rain; so the lord will make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass of the field”. We all need to prove to God that we would want to grow up as useful children.

James 5:7, “ Be patient therefore , unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the Husband–man waited for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until He receive the early and the latter rain”. That latter rain is for our maturity. Vs. 8, “ Be ye also patient, stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

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