Bible Reading: Judges 3:1-11
Key Verse: verse 9 -“And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.”
Key Words: Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
Israel had fallen into idolatry and was worshipping false gods. As a punishment for their idolatry, the Lord delivered them into the hands of the king of Mesopotamia, Chushanrishathaim. When Israel finally cried out to God, he raised up Othniel. Othniel’s blood line was certainly right; he was the nephew of Caleb.
The name Othniel means “the force of God.” We can do nothing without the power of God upon us and with God’s power there is nothing we can’t do.
The Gospel Herald records the following.
William Jessup, for fifty years a missionary in Syria, was discouraged because he could not win men to Christ. He decided the difficulty must be in him. He resolved to spend one week by himself with the Word of God. He had not read far when something dawned upon him he had never realized. He had never given God His place in the work of winning others. He had worked in his own strength. He thought of the fall of Jericho. He remembered that God did that so that no man could take credit. After this he took a sheet of paper and wrote down the names of eleven men whom he was seeking to bring to Christ and lifted them to God in prayer, asking God to do the work and use him if he was needed.
One Friday, one of the young men came to him under a burden for his sins and was saved. In three weeks all of these men were won. “I will be a different missionary the rest of my life. I realize that it is God Who worketh in us to will and to do.”
It’s only by His might that His will can be accomplished.
What to do:
- Go in God’s power or you’ll surely fail.
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