Title
There Must Be An Awakening
Scripture
Then Jephthah fled from his brothers . . . and worthless men banded together with Jephthah and went out raiding with him.
(Judges 11:3)
Devotional
Sin permeates and penetrates to the very breadth and depth of a nation. Here in the book of Judges we find a prime example of the broadness and ramifications of sin. Jephthah was an illegitimate son of a harlot. His half brothers were no better in that they rejected him, driving him further into the rebellion of sin. Eventually, this renegade became the leader of the people. We will always have the rulers we deserve. We must be about the quenching of sin in our lives. For a nation to be spiritually moral, the people must be moral, and there is no just morality out side of the Kingdom of God. We will never have a moral society in a godless society. We will never have a godly society until we develop godly homes, and we will never have godly homes until we individually surrender to the Lordship of the Son of God. There is “No hope!” for the nation without Jesus Christ. May an awakening begin in America and may it begin with you and me.
Text For The Day
Judges 11:3: Then Jephthah fled from his brothers…; and worthless men banded together with Jephthah and went out raiding with him.
Thought For The Day
“The soul that has once been waked, or stung, or uplifted by the desire of God, will inevitably (I think) awake to the fear of losing Him.” C.S. Lewis, Letters to Malcolm (recommended reading, especially for prayer partners).
Questions To Ponder
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Does God give us the leaders we deserve?
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What kind of leaders do we deserve in: government, business, church, and home?
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What is the best way to change ungodly leaders?
Morning Study Guide
Defining: “Worthless men”: idle, daring, or desperate, and therefore, not having value.
Referencing: “Everyone who was in distress, everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered to him. So he became captain over them. And there were about four hundred men with him,” 1 Samuel 22:2.
Applying: Consider, both Jephthah and David lead the same type of men. Judges 11:3 and 1 Samuel 22:2. Therefore, everything appears to rise and fall on leadership. The awakening will come from the head, not the tail.