Hi everyone, was studying the book
of Judges and thought to share this with you.
Be blessed as you read.
Jdg 1:1
Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of
Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites
first, to fight against them?
When there seems to be no direction or strategy to possess your possession,
ask God. Just like the Israelites did after
Joshua died. The Israelites were used to
having direction, plan or strategy for warfare.
But suddenly, the one who hears and passes the information to them was
no more. They had to go to God for themselves.
- Learn to seek God for yourself.
- God always has a plan.
- Be conscious of the fact that you are part of the plan. (Psalm 149: 7).
- When you ask God for HIs plan, will or mind, He answers.
Jer 33:3
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things,
which thou knowest not.
God's strategy for the warfare (especially when you don’t know
what to do) is Praise.
Jdg 1:2 And the LORD said, Judah shall
go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
Judah means praise.
But not just aimless praise.
But praise with an ability to hear God intelligently with an implication
to obey. (Simeon means hearing or to
hear intelligently).
Jdg 1:3 And Judah said unto Simeon his
brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites;
and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.
HOW DO I HEAR INTELLIGENTLY? Obey What You Hear.
Matt 7:24 - 26.
''Every one therefore that heareth these words
of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house
upon the rock:
This means that
When you are praising, you have to keep listening to hear what God
will say or is saying
Even when you are in the centre of the will of God, you still need
to keep listening. God does not always
reveal the entire plan to you; you only see part of the picture. Like Apostle Paul said 'we know in
part'. (I Cor 13:9).
SO KEEP LISTENING.
God gives us victory when we follow His plan.
Jdg 1:4 And Judah
went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their
hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men
Jdg 1:5 And they
found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites
and the Perizzites.
Jdg 1:6 But
Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his
thumbs and his great toes.
Jdg 1:7 And
Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great
toes cut off, gathered their meat under
my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to
Jerusalem, and there he died.
Following God's plan renders the enemy useless. Adonibezek' thumb and great toes were cut off
so that he might never be able to draw his bow or handle his sword, and
great toes, that he might never be able to pursue or escape from an
adversary.
We are part of His plan to bring his Kingdom
on earth. It is payback time. God is avenging His people, but we all need
to know the plan and follow it. God has
a plan, and we are part of it.
