Who is your God?

Judges 10:14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation. All of us live with a hierarchy of needs. The better you have things, the more you can afford to think about things that you want, not merely things that...

Does Your Ambition Cultivate or Destroy?

Judges 9:8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. There once was a kingdom of trees who wanted to anoint a king over them. So, they went to the olive tree and said, “Hey, why don’t you be our...

People without Memory are Fickle

Judges 8:34 And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side. People without memory are fickle. If I don’t remember what I’ve experienced, what I’ve decided, or what my conviction...

When We Offer Ourselves

Judges 5:2 Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves. Judges 5 is a welcome song in a day of heaviness. Israel had been oppressed over and again by her enemies. They had drifted from God, and God sent judgment in the...

To Teach and To Test

Judges 3:4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. Did your parents ever teach you hard lessons? I don’t know about you, but there were many...