Judges 4-8: How Soon They Forget

The Israelites were to live the same folly over and over again.  They would go their own way, forgetting about the Lord God that had brought them out of captivity.  Things would flourish for a while and then get desperate.  Their enemies would 'suddenly' bear down on them and the Israelites would run to a leader who had the ear of God who would be successful in thwarting the advance of the enemy.  They would rejoice over their victory.

“So may all your enemies perish, O LORD!
   But may they who love you be like the sun
   when it rises in its strength.”
   Then the land had peace forty years. - Judges 5:31:  NIV

And then they would forget.

God does marvelous things when his people turn back to him, but as long as they are seeking their own solutions, their own profit, they will fail miserably.  You cannot serve two masters, even if the one master is your own well-being......to be continued.

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