Judges 7-9
In every culture there are always two great seats of power that contend
for the hearts of its citizenry, the Church and the Government. Neither have a history of worthiness to
the task. Both have held sway
throughout history, as the great pendulum swings first to one and then to the
other. Even today we see our own
government seeking to take greater and greater control over us, its
citizens.
The great truth of all humans is that we are at our best when we take
command of our own lives.
When we reject the power of both the Church and Government to rule over
us. When we declare that we are the church and the
government and can no more be ruled by them than the windmill can rule the
wind.
But alas man, so evident in history and clearly in these three chapters,
cannot even rule himself. For one
of the greatest truths in all human history is this: The man who surrenders himself, his life and his will to
God, Yahweh, is the man by which all great cultures are made.
“…the Lord shall rule over you.” 8:23b
Truth is truth and forever remains independent of man’s belief.
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