Hosea 5: WHAT SORT OF SPIRIT?

Sometimes I get a bit depressed with the consistency and regularity of my sin. There is something addictive about it that makes me want to go back there time and time again. But there is another side of me that hates my sin. I think the side that hates sin is actually stronger than the part of me that wants it.

When I look back on my sin, I detest my actions. I want to love God with all of my being, but sometimes I fail.
Hosea said this about Israel: “Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. For the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not the LORD.” (Hosea 5 v 4 ESV).
The question to ask ourselves is this: What so of spirit do we have? Do we have a spirit that desires to seek God, that wants to please him, but is sometimes overcome by selfish desires? Or do we have a spirit that is not interested in God, that doesn’t feel bad about sin at all, the spirit of whoredom that is used to describe Israel?
Both spirits live in us, but one will grow stronger than the other. We must feed the one we want to grow and starve the other. If we want to grow a godly spirit, we need to make the choice to purposely feed it.
Let’s not get depressed by our sin, but starve the spirit of sinfulness and grow the spirit of godliness.
May we grow even more faithful to God this weekend.

Quoted from "Thinky Things" by Bro. Robert Prins