Great Is The Name Of The Lord!

So Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Rise yourself, and kill us; for as a man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments that were on their camels’ necks. Judges 8:21

The secret from yesterday's message is out now, the 'he' who ordered young Jether to kill was none other than Gideon. And we also have a lesson from the two men standing trial before the judge: Don't issue proud 'you do it' commands to the judge, because the judge just might take you up on that offer. Gideon did. One might imagine other proud rulers standing before the judgment of the Lord on that last day, and perhaps they will use similar proud words to gamble eternity before the Lord. It may be one of our brothers and sisters in Christ who cannot consign the proud one to the flames of the outer darkness even with the memory of his or her beheading in mind. And the proud earthly ruler may turn to the King of kings and say something like these two did, "You do it yourself!" Too easily would they confuse the loving patience of our Lord with weakness.

Great is the name of our Lord! Jether was too young and too afraid, but Gideon and his 300 had been with the Lord God of Israel as He defeated tens of thousands of Midianites. With a few last words available in this life, why not inquire of this God who so easily defeated an army so large (about 135,000) with so few (300)?

The King of kings returns to us soon!

Bucky