Bible Reading: Judges 3:12-30
Key Verse: verse 15 - “But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded; and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.”
Key Words: the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud
Ehud was the son of Gera, the Benjamite. He was chosen by God to deliver Israel from their eighteen years of captivity by Eglon and the Moabites. Ehud made a special double-edged dagger (verse 16) and then gained entrance to Eglon by feigning to have a secret message for him. When Ehud and Eglon were alone, Ehud used his special dagger to dispose of the Moabite leader. He then blew the trumpet of war and Israel rallied behind their fearless leader and defeated the Moabites.
Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshipers [meeting] together, each one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be, were they to become ‘unity’ conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship.
In a Peanuts cartoon Lucy demanded that Linus change TV channels, threatening him with her fist if he didn’t. “What makes you think you can walk right in here and take over?” asks Linus.
“These five fingers,” says Lucy. “Individually they’re nothing but when I curl them together like this into a single unit, they form a weapon that is terrible to behold.”
“Which channel do you want?” asks Linus. Turning away, he looks at his fingers and says, “Why can’t you guys get organized like that?”
There can be no victory without courage and unity.
What to do:
- Remember, there is a difference between union and unity. Union is when you are bound together. Unity is when you agree. Example: you can tie the tail of a cat to the tail of a dog and have union, but you sure won’t have unity.
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