Judges 6:1-4 (Midian Oppresses Israel)
The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Midian seven years. And the hand of Midian overpowered Israel, and because of Midian the people of Israel made for themselves the dens that are in the mountains and the caves and the strongholds. For whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them. They would encamp against them and devour the produce of the land, as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel and no sheep or ox or donkey.
Tag: The Cost of Sin
In Judges we see the cycle of Israel. They disobeyed God-Fell into oppression-Cried out to God for help-Received a Judge to Rescue them-Disobeyed God-repeat!!
In the above passage we see the results of this disobedience. When they disobeyed God they were oppressed by their enemies. The lack of faith in God’s Word and failing to obey them always results in the oppression of evil world around us. The Midianites are an example to us of the evil world around us. When we disobey God and fail to follow Him in faith God we hinder God’s grace in our lives. When we hinder God’s grace in our lives we feel the oppression of the world around us. Note in the above text the Israelites dug wholes in the rocks to hide in when the Midianites came to oppressed them. That is what it feels like when we live in constant disobedience to the known will of God. The nation of Israel was not in a place of making mistakes in their walk with God (that happens to all believers). They decided that even though God told them one thing they decided not to follow in faith. They let their fleshly mind dictate what to do. That was not walking in faith. When we don’t walk in faith we will find ourselves oppressed by the world and looking for holes to live in. We can rejoice that God will get us out of the holes in the rocks, but we have to repent and cry out in faith for that happen.
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