The book of Judges illustrates Israel’s unfaithfulness without godly leaders: “In those days there was no king in Israel; all the people did what was right in their own eyes” (v. 25). With godly leaders people, churches, and nations flourish; without godly leaders, people, churches, and nations perish. (v. 25)
Continue readingThe dire consequences of choosing to live without God. The Israelites followed the path of Sodom and Gomorrah. A ridiculous story, with lots of “seriously?” moments! No mention of God or god anywhere. Depicts nothing more than the total depravity of everyone involved, except the Levite’s servant! Fortunately, the Levite
Continue readingThe people are looking for God but through their own means, through ephods, carved images, cast idols and other household gods (v. 17), things explicitly forbidden. The Danites remembered their ancestor and named their city after Dan. However, they failed to remember their God. The previous chapter, Micah said, “Now
Continue readingMicah’s Idols: It takes courage to admit our own mistakes and come out clean. At the same time we should be careful about what becomes our idols. This small chapter illustrates how even the Levites have forgotten their calling and in fact their God. It is true including the Levites
Continue readingMy first thought was, “What an idiot”! Everything is going well for him, why did he just blow it all off. Clearly it is because of his weakness for women, especially Philistine women! If only he had read Prov 5. Samson failed miserably in the hands of women and hence
Continue readingSamson believed that the victory against the Philistines was from the Lord. And, when he was thirsty he was bold enough to call on the Lord for water. God did a miracle and Samson was revived. Samson did not have the support of the people even though God was working
Continue readingSamson did what was right in his eyes and he fell for the lust of his eyes. He did not seek the Lord or his parents for any guidance.Unlike Samson we should always seek God for HIS guidance and not do what feels good in our own eyes. This is
Continue readingSamson, a star is born, will take lead in delivering Israel, dedicated to God from the womb. And the spirit of the Lord began to stir him. May the same spirit stir you as well. Cheers everyone!! Then Manoah prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord, please let the
Continue readingIn this chapter i see brothers killing each other. But we should strengthen the hands of our brothers. This is the second time the Ephraimites have questioned the people who took action. In chapter 8 they were satisfied with Gideon’s answer but this time they paid a huge price. The
Continue reading(v. 36) Fulfilling a promise is good but yielding your own life for someone else promises or request is really great. Timbrels the only daughter of Jephthah, literally yield her life to be sacrificed to his father’s promise. This is similar to Isaac the only son of Abraham even though
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