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FEBRUARY 24 Reading 55 SAMSON Judges 13–16 “Samson led Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines” (Jdg. 15:20).This text does not conclude, “and the land had rest.” Samson, for all his physical strength, lacked the inner strength needed to put his people ahead of his own raging desires. Definition of Key TermsContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

FEBRUARY 23 Reading 54 ABIMELECH AND JEPHTHAH Judges 9–12 “Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the Lord. And He could bear Israel’s misery no longer” (Jdg. 10:16).Two disadvantaged young men remind us that environment determines no one’s future. What counts are the choices each individual makes in life. OverviewContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

FEBRUARY 22 Reading 53 GIDEON Judges 6–8 “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?” (Jdg. 6:14)The hesitant hero of this story did ask God for reassuring signs. And God did graciously reassure him. Gideon’s experience teaches an important lesson about “putting out the fleece.”Continue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

FEBRUARY 21 Reading 52 DEBORAH Judges 4–5 “So may all your enemies perish, O Lord! But may they who love You be like the sun when it rises in its strength” (Jdg. 5:31).Women were not generally leaders in patriarchal Israel. But her sex did not disqualify Deborah, whose spiritual gifts were acknowledged by God’s people.Continue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

Judges FEBRUARY 20 Reading 51 SPIRITUAL DECLINE Judges 1–3 “Another generation grew up, who knew neither the Lord nor what He had done for Israel” (Jdg. 2:10).There is cause and effect in the spiritual as well as physical universe. The cause of the failure of the next generation to know God was rooted in theContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”