Hosea 1:11. "Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel."
OBJECT LESSONS. It is good for us to learn from the mistakes of others. Lessons are often taught us by our fathers and mothers Who pass on to us what they have learned by experience, That we will learn too, God doesn't do things by chance.
There are plans and purposes to all that God does. Often it is necessary to allow difficulties for an overall cause. It doesn't mean He has abandoned us and no longer cares, But that there are changes that must happen of which we may be unaware.
We have a tendency to follow what goes on around us, And think that is normal or even leads to a personal plus - Until we learn the lesson that what others may do Is not the template for living by the time it is through.
God's way is often quite different from the way of the world. And His goal is not always immediate as the lessons unfold. The changes He desires come not just outwardly but within. In that way He teaches lessons to keep us from sin.
It is not always the easy things that happen that are the best. God's object lessons may be given to us as some test That will in the future brings benefits that last - And we will see then the reasons for the lessons that are past.
"Father in heaven, I think I know more of Thee by the lessons learned long ago but understood much better now. I do know that "all things work together for good..." If there are lessons to learn today, help me to be a good student. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen."