"In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit" Judges 21:25
This was stolen from a friend today. He wrote... "If people did not die in Judges 21, you would almost have to laugh in disbelief. Israel makes a silly oath that threatened the future of one of the tribes of Israel; then they attack an unsuspecting people to try and rectify the situation…then they craft some ruse to try and get around their promise. I am sure that none of us have ever done that. Once again, through it all they did not test their actions against any type of standard, against any compass."
I look at the actions contained within the border of verse 17:6 and verse 21:25, where the same words are used ‘Israel had no king and everyone did as he saw fit’. In between these verses are actions that just make us shake our head in disbelief; false idols, betrayal, bombastic oaths unable to be filled, twisted reasoning, individual satisfaction over the needs of the group. With no King, there is no Rock, no Standard, no Compass. We are just adrift with no bearings, traveling on instinct, living without really living.
Jesus be our King.
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