- Judges 19 Daily DEVO But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine and made her go out to them. And they knew her and abused her all night until the morning. And as the dawn began to break, they let her go. Judges 19:25 – This is my least favorite chapter in the Bible. Not only is it filled with such a vile story, but it is the picture of what a life led by sin looks like. Only out for your own desires, led by your emotions, doing what is right in your eyes, and not giving a care as to how your actions effect anyone else. Let this passage open your eyes to this truth, following sin is the wrong way to go. Don’t let the temptation of a satisfying of your desires blind you from how that process of doing so will hurt those around you. That’s why God directs us to follow Him. Not only for His own glory, but for our well being and the lives of those we impact. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 599
- And as morning appeared, the woman came and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her master was, until it was light. Judges 19:26 – Last time I wrote on this chapter I said it was my least favorite chapter in the Bible and I still agree with that statement. You see clearly how when sin is your master how far it can lead you into the darkness and evil. Yet this time reading over this passage I noticed this verse. The woman who had just been abused all night by the men of the city came to the door of where her master was, but he never came out to her to help. Having the wrong master will ruin you. Today, know this is not how Jesus would treat you. He will not throw you to the wicked men. He will not sleep while you’re crying out to Him. He will not let you stand there at the door and not come to your rescue. Is the thing your are giving the most of your time to, the most of your thoughts to, the most of your energy towards going to save you in your time of need? Make sure you have the right master. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1802
- In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was sojourning in the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, who took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah. Judges 19:1 – One commentator actually recommends not even reading this chapter because of how horrid it is, saying that reading just the first phrase, “In those days, when there was no king in Israel,” says enough to let you know nothing good is to come after it. Another commentator in his translating of this passage left many sections in Latin so that only those who understood Latin had to read the gruesome things that took place in these verses. When I’ve preached on this chapter in the past I’ve declared it the worst chapter in the entire Bible. We see here that Israel at this time in the time of the Judges was as bad as Sodom and Gomorrah. What then can we possibly take away from such a chapter? We need King Jesus over us. When we are the ones that determine what is right and wrong for ourselves, this is the sort of world we will find ourselves in. We need someone greater than us and wiser than us to be over us directing our life. We need Jesus in our life. Know having such a God over our life is going to change how we live and change what we may think is right and wrong, but if we ever want peace, love, and unity within our world, we must fall under the Lordship of King Jesus. Let these be the days when there is a King in the lives of God’s people. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2875
Daily DEVO 