We'll Come Running/Hosea 11
“We’ll Come Running” is a song based on Hosea, Chapter 11. This song written by Len Douglas and June Schuldt parallels the journeys of Israel and the United States of America. Israel, God’s chosen nation and America who chose God. America chose God when the Puritans came to the shores of North America and established covenant in this land with the settlers and with God through the Mayflower Compact in 1620. Both nations have a stormy history of numerous times falling away and then returning to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. This song takes the narrative of God’s relationship with Israel as expressed in Hosea, Chapter 11 and develops a dialogue between God and His people. It is a dialogue of history, intent and question. It is a dialogue that requests an answer from God’s people. In Verse 1 Israel/America is called by God. God has a divine destiny for these nations and as a result the enemy has plans to d...