Year 7, Day 263: Judges 2

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We get more of a glimpse at humanity as we look to Judges 2.  The pattern that is about to lay out before us comes clear in this chapter.  We have a faithful generation followed by an unfaithful generation.  God raises up a judge and we have more faithful people.  The next generation falls away.  Then a judge comes.  Then people fall away.  Human civilization is always ebbing and flowing in faith depending on whether on our circumstances.  That’s just who we are.

That being said, we learn a good bit about God in this chapter.  God doesn’t abandon us.  He knows our faith ebbs and flows.  But He stays with us.  He doesn’t walk away permanently.  He sends judges into our lives to remind us of faith and faithfulness.

But, that doesn’t mean that we are completely protected from the idiocy of our decisions, either. When the Hebrew people fall away, God doesn’t force them to come back.  He doesn’t force them to endure goodness.  God allows them to experience the pain of failure and the consequences of walking away from His ways.  He does give them judges to help bring them back, but not before they have to deal with the results of their self-centeredness.

The same is true with us.  God is always speaking to us and trying to get our attention.  He will never abandon us.  However, He will allow us to walk away and deal wth the consequences of our actions.

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