Hosea 10:11-12

There was no one righteous…no, not, one.  So God sent the only One who  was and could stand in our place. Thank You God that you loved Your creation so much that You provided the way back to You in  Jesus. our salvation is nothing to do with our righteousness but everything to do with His.

Without Jesus there is no hope. 

What does God require of us?

Micah 6:8

8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?

A prideful heart hinders intimacy with God, but when we have faith in Jesus, He gives us humble hearts that are sensitive to the Holy Spirit and willing to submit obediently to God's Word. True humility means trusting God fully and understanding our need to be rescued by the gospel. Asking the Lord to replace our pride with humility is a bold prayer, but it is one that will draw us into a deeper relationship with Him. May I treat those around me as better than myself, having the same mind as Your Son, Jesus. First5 

Hosea 10:11-12

11 Ephraim is a trained heifer That loves to thresh grain; But I harnessed her fair neck, I will make Ephraim pull a plow. Judah shall plow; Jacob shall break his clods.” 12 Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, till He comes and rains righteousness on you. The New King James Version

“Break up for yourself fallow ground” is an agricultural metaphor urging the people to prepare themselves to accept God’s message and repent. Faithlife Study Bible

Israel preferred to be unrestrained, like an unmuzzled heifer at the threshing floor that can simply lean down and eat the grain. Israel’s rebellious spirit necessitated harsh treatment, compared here to a farmer binding his calf to the yoke and forcing it to do hard labor. Threshing in this context refers to Israel’s service to the Lord; plowing refers to the discipline that Israel had to acquire through judgment and exile. 

Hosea calls the people to repentance, reminding them that a decision could not be postponed, and that God’s blessings could still be restored. In Israel’s case, the people had to reestablish social justice—righteousness—and loyalty—mercy—in the land. 

Break up your fallow ground: Plowing and planting are necessary preliminary steps for growing a crop, which eventually sprouts when the rain falls in season. In the same way, repentance would set the stage for restored blessing, which God would eventually rain down on His people. The process of repentance and restored blessing outlined in verse 12 contrasts sharply with reality. The NKJV Study Bible

Because God does not desire the death and ruin of sinners, therefore in mercy he desires their chastisement. The children of iniquity still remained in Israel. The enemies would be gathered against them. It is just with God to make those know what hardships mean, who indulge themselves in ease and pleasure. Let them cleanse their hearts from all corrupt affections and lusts, and be a broken and contrite spirit. Let them abound in works of piety towards God, and of justice and charity towards one another: herein let them sow to the Spirit. Seeking the Lord is to be every day’s work, but there are special occasions when to seek him. Christ shall come as the Lord our righteousness, and grant us of it abundantly. If we sow in righteousness, we shall reap according to mercy; a reward not of debt, but of grace. Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Hosea 4:16 “For Israel is stubborn like a stubborn calf; now the LORD will let them forage like a lamb in open country.

Hosea 6:3 Let us know, let us pursue the knowledge of the LORD. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, like the latter and former rain to the earth.