Judges 11:23-24 (ESV Strong's)
So then the Lord, the God of Israel, dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel; and are you to take possession of them?
Will you not possess what Chemosh your god gives you to possess? And all that the Lord our God has dispossessed before us, we will possess.
Subject: God's Provision
The King of the Amorites had come against the nation of Israel. At that time the elders of Israel asked Jephthah to come out and lead them. When Jephthah asks the Amorites why they were coming against Israel, their king stated that the history between the two nations goes all the way back to when Israel came out of Egypt. At that time, according to their king, Israel took possession of their land and they, now, wanted it back. Jephthah, although not a man of great heritage (he was the son of a prostitute), tells the king and the Amorites, that what actually happened was that God had dispossessed them of their land. He uses the logic that IF their god, Chemosh, gave them land to possess, would they not possess it? So, if Yahweh gave the nation of Israel land, then why wouldn't they take it and keep it. The key in this passage is that Jephthah recognized the provision of God in the midst of persecution by the world. God takes care of His people. When we have what we have because of our own strength, we really have nothing that last. When we have what we have because of God's strength and provision, we have something permanent. Jephthah will go out and conquer the Amorites (again!). What God gives us we should claim and not allow anyone, anything, or any tactic of Satan to take it away. When God provides, He provides permanently.
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