SUMMARY OF JUDGES
The book of Judges has some of the saddest and goriest stories in the entire Bible. Part of the sadness comes from the repeated comment “In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.”
These people whom God intended to be holy and righteous and to demonstrate His faithfulness and His goodness to the whole earth refused to teach successive generations about Him, preferring to worship idols instead. The results were predictable; in fact, God specifically warned the Israelites what would happen if they failed to teach their children about Him.
Deuteronomy 6:6 – 15 tells us “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. “So it shall be, when the Lord your God brings you into the land of which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you large and beautiful cities which you did not build, houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant—when you have eaten and are full— then beware, lest you forget the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. You shall fear the Lord your God and serve Him, and shall take oaths in His name. You shall not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are all around you (for the Lord your God is a jealous God among you), lest the anger of the Lord your God be aroused against you and destroy you from the face of the earth.”
Many times when things go wrong, we choose to blame God, conveniently forgetting that we ourselves may be the source of our own problems. An old spiritual says, “It’s me, it’s me, it’s me, Oh Lord! Standing in the need of prayer! Not my brother, not my sister, but it’s me, Oh Lord! Standing in the need of prayer.”
Judges forces us to face tough questions. Who is going to teach our children about God? If we fail to do so, nobody else will. In the spiritual world, there are only two choices, only two paths. Either you are moving closer to God and away from Satan, or you are moving closer to Satan and away from God. And if we fail to teach our children about God, who will teach our grandchildren and what will they learn? May God help us to study His Word, being confident that if we ask Him for help and guidance, He will give it!
PRAYER: Father God, HELP! We are in danger of losing our children because we don’t know how to teach them about You. Please help us! Please guide us! And help us to follow hard after You all the days of our lives. In the mighty and precious Name of King Jesus. Amen.
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