The book of Judges is a collection of adventures and activities of men and women who did one thing: refocused the children of Israel back to God. It was not about their legitimacy status, wisdom, strength, sight, grace, or courage, but about God's ability. They stood as a constant reminder to the children of Israel that it is God who has always kept them.
Whenever the judges were alive, they served God, but whenever they weren't, the Israelites went back to worshiping other gods and neglected the God who had kept them.
Judges 2:16 (AMP) states, "But the Lord raised up judges, who delivered them out of the hands of those who robbed them." Was this God's original intention - to have people who only come to Him for rescue? No! People who only contemplate God as an option in times of battle and war? No! But it was the option the Israelites constantly chose each day.
The judges symbolized and represented God's strength and ability, displayed in simple people to achieve greatness.
While growing up, and even until recently, I struggled with the fear of the unknown. When I kept praying to God about it, I began reading the book of Judges. I desired the courage that each of these individuals had. When their past or the hours before their victory are examined, we notice that it was not their courage or victory that the Bible depicted, but entirely their dependence on God's ability to give them victory.
You too can live a victorious life. God took every kind of man and woman and made them into judges for His people, and He still does so for His people.
I desire the courage and fearlessness the judges had. What about you? What do you think about when you hear the story of the judges? There are still many battles and victories to be won, and God's people are still in need of judges to point them to Jesus.
Would you take up that mantle and say yes to the call? God still chooses His judges from willing vessels.
Stay Revived!
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