Judges 9:22-10:18, Luke 24:13-53, Psalm 100:1-5, Proverbs 14:11-12
Pray: Father, help us today to see Jesus on every page of the Bible and may our hearts burn within us just as the two men on the road to Emmaus were pricked at the heart as Jesus revealed Himself to them through the scriptures, Amen.
Read: No great deeds of valor are recorded for either Tola or Jair, but they gave the nation forty-five years of peace. No foreign invaders are named, so these two judges served by solving the internal problems in the nation of Israel. These two seemed to be administrators rather than generals and God knows that at certain times you need both. When there are no battles to fight or trials to overcome, we sometimes take our blessings for granted, which can lead to laziness and sin. The people forgot God again and worshiped the gods of the enemy, and God had to punish them by an invasion by the Ammonites. The confession in verse 10 of chapter 10 seems insincere and only because of the suffering. It wasn’t until verse 15 when it is also followed by repentance that it moves from regret to true confession of the heart.
Edify: Jesus appearing to the men of the road to Emmaus is one of my favorite stories in the whole Bible. I love that these men tell Jesus about Jesus. Just imagine, the first two men to share the Gospel with Jesus! But what really makes this passage great is that Jesus shares with the two men from the Old Testament all about Himself and how all that was written before pointed to Him!
Practice: I hope we can read our Old Testament passages with a Gospel lens. Looking for Jesus to reveal Himself just as He showed Himself to the disciples, beginning with Moses and ALL the prophets.
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