Hosea 7:8 "Ephraim hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake undone".
As the world turns it seems so does the people of God. We have allowed our selves to become so entangled with the things of this world it is really hard to tell the difference between a child of God and a man of the world. God called us from among them, to be separated, to be in this world but not of this world, but somewhere along this journey we the people of God have lost focus to the things of heaven and have begun to settle and chase after the things of this world.
The word of God tells us that to be friends with this world is to be an enemy to God, and we must be careful not to strive to fit in or conform to this world. We can't adopted the ways of the world as our own and then expect the world to respect us as the people of God. Here in our story we have Hosea condemning Ephraim for mingling with other nations, learning their works, and serving their idols. He compared Ephraim to a round cake not turned over, baked or even burned on the bottom but not done on the top, he was half baked and good for nothing. He had lost his strength and didn't realize it for he was no longer connected to his power source. We must be careful not to get so mingled with the things and ways of this world that we loose focus to our savior and our keeper.
We the people of God must be careful not to come unplugged from our power source. We must be careful not to get so caught up seeking the earthly things that we let go of and loose sight of those things which are heavenly. Jesus said to seek ye first the kingdom of God, and the earthly things shall be added to us. Let us not become a cake un turned. Let us not be one thing with our mouth Sunday mornings, and something totally different in our hearts the rest of the week. Don't almost be a Christian.....
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