What stood out today:
1 Now the Ephraimites asked Gideon, "Why have you treated us like this? Why didn't you call us when you went to fight Midian?" And they criticized him sharply.
10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with a force of about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of the armies of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had fallen.
22 The Israelites said to Gideon, "Rule over us—you, your son and your grandson—because you have saved us out of the hand of Midian."
23 But Gideon told them, "I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The LORD will rule over you."
27 Gideon made the gold into an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his town. All Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his family.
33 No sooner had Gideon died than the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals.
My Response: God You are amazing! You defeated 135,000 soldiers with 300 Israelites. Gideon is amazing to lead such an army. Also, Gideon is flesh, weak, flawed and worships a gold Ephod and leads his whole family astray. And what a legacy, no sooner had Gideon died than the Israelites went right back to idol worship. Jesus, we so need you as a present day saviour. Jesus, who am I compared to Gideon? I am nothing apart from You, just a withered branch torn from the vine. Jesus, You alone have the words of LIFE, You alone are the Word of LIFE.
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