Wailing

Hosea 7:14

They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail on their beds. They slash themselves, appealing to their gods for grain and new wine, but they turn away from me.

I wanted to include this verse in our look at the word “cry” in the Bible.  Here we see a crying that produces nothing – more of a wailing.  Crying for crying's sake may release tension and pressure, but wailing and saying “woe is me” and certainly crying to dead gods or other idols – instead of the one true God – produces nothing good at all.

When we cry, our cry can be one of lament and pain, but we must move from that so that we don’t slip into wailing and despair, and begin looking elsewhere for answers.

God hears our cries.  And he wants us to know that he is our great defender, our warrior, who then cries and defeats our enemies.

But he also wants us to know that there is no other source from whom we can receive anything good at all.  And when we turn from those other things, and from our wailing and despair, and begin crying out in hope and faith to him, He will respond back to us.

What are you crying about today?  And where is your faith?

Make sure it’s in Him.