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Today’s passage is Judges 6:1-10. Let’s go!
Judges 6:1-6 (NIV)
1 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites.
2 Because the power of Midian was so oppressive, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in mountain clefts, caves and strongholds.
3 Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peoples invaded the country.
4 They camped on the land and ruined the crops all the way to Gaza and did not spare a living thing for Israel, neither sheep nor cattle nor donkeys.
5 They came up with their livestock and their tents like swarms of locusts. It was impossible to count the men and their camels; they invaded the land to ravage it.
6 Midian so impoverished the Israelites that they cried out to the LORD for help.
On verses 1-6: Once again the Israelites reject God and become subject to the Midianites. Experiencing oppression and impoverishment that they cannot get up from under, the Israelites cry out to God again. Likewise, sin oppresses and impoverishes us, and we have no power by ourselves to get up from under it. Our only hope is to cry out to God for help. Praise God that He hears our cry and acts in response.
Judges 6:7-10 (NIV)
7 When the Israelites cried to the LORD because of Midian,
8 he sent them a prophet, who said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
9 I snatched you from the power of Egypt and from the hand of all your oppressors. I drove them from before you and gave you their land.
10 I said to you, ‘I am the LORD your God; do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live.’ But you have not listened to me.”
On verses 7-10: God would once again rescue the Israelites from oppression, but not without first rebuking them for not listening to Him (v10). God wants a real relationship with us where we listen to Him and He listens to us. Want to grieve the Holy Spirit? Do what the Israelites did here: only go to God as a last resort when you’re in a crisis and ignore Him when you otherwise don’t think you need Him.
To me these verses show the incredible mercy and compassion of God. Despite being rejected and ignored repeatedly by His children, God still comes to their rescue when they cry out to Him for help.
Father, thank You for being merciful and compassionate to save us just because we cry out to You and despite how slow we are to listen to You sometimes. I pray I wouldn’t grieve You by only going to You when I’m in a crisis and ignoring the rest of the time. I pray that I would give You the attention and listen as much to You as You do to me. In Jesus’ name, AMEN!
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