Day 15 – Follow the Leader
It’s time to follow the Leader!
War strategies from the book of Judges.
It’s time to follow the Leader!
The last sentence in our verse today shows us the direct result of these covenants: Israel served their gods. In other words, they willingly entered into covenants of sin.
But this strategy traps you into a spiritual comfort zone – a place of pacifism and stagnation.
More often than not, the belief that we are cursed, hinders us from walking freely in the truth.
Basically, he warned them that the grass is not greener on the other side.
“These are the nations: the Philistines (those living under the five Philistine rulers), all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and Hivites living in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.” Judges 3:3 NLT Sidon and Tyre were Phoenician sister cities known for their opulence and wickedness. Sidonian means trapper; catching of fish; hunter. In…
The difference is, possessions are something you obtain for yourself instead of using your wealth to help others around you.
“These are the nations: the Philistines (those living under the five Philistine rulers), all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and Hivites living in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.” Judges 3:3 NLT Bringing in the rear of the five Philistine rulers is Gath – the city of Goliath. Gath translates to pressing; like…
Little wicked worms causing fruit to rot – leaving us to live in spiritual bareness.
Living in the abundance of Jesus, we easily spot the inclination and diffusion of the enemy’s strategy and exploit it just like Jesus did.