S -Judges 3
Othniel
7 The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord; they forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs. 8 The anger of the Lord burned against Israel so that he sold them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram Naharaim,[a] to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years. 9 But when they cried out to the Lord, he raised up for them a deliverer, Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, who saved them. 10 The Spirit of the Lord came on him, so that he became Israel’s judge[b] and went to war. The Lord gave Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram into the hands of Othniel, who overpowered him. 11 So the land had peace for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
O- God had always been for the Israelites, his promises to Abraham, Issaac and Moses, fullfilled through his guiding and shepherding His people. We see here though the challenge of man, to choose to follow and obey God. Over the years after Moses deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt, God warned them to rid themselves from all the local altars and false God worship, and included the commandment to rid the land of all those people, bcause they ultimately would entice the Israelites to wander again. We see here that the Israelites failed to rid the the lasnd of all its peoples and therefore their false Gods. This disobedience angered the Lord enough to allow them to learn the lesson the hard way, and he gave them into the hands of these false gods and the foreign nations kingship. Eventually , after only 8 years this time (vice the 40 years in the desert) they cried out to the Lord for help and He sent help.
A - The application eerily reflects some of my own journey in my walk with God. He has called me, saved me and delivered me from my past and present circumstances. I react in thankfulness immediately, but overtime begin losing my perspective and allowing false gods back into my life and the heaviness of oppression and being farther from God begins to take me back to a place I do not want to live. This is a reminder of my nature in which I must guard against. I need to reset back to God's promises and revelations that he has already given me . I must come repentent before the Lord and ask once again for his grace, forgiveness, and help in my life.
P - Dear Lord, I do come repenting for the wandering and idol worship that I have allowed in my life and my families life. You have given me the gift of salvation and fellowship and I have allowed our relationship to grow distant. I pray that you restore a new passion in me to get back to you in my life as the key foundational guide and drive. I pray all this in Jesus name, Amen.
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