Brandi B.’s Journal
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2020
Jan 07
Judges 11:30
And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord : "If you give the Ammonites into my hands,
Brandi B. from Eureka, MT said:
This verse gives to me a new meaning of Jesus saying do not vow to God or make vow's period. Out of Frustration Jephthah made a vow to God. God accepted and it ended up being the sacrifice of his daughter. Most of us would not be able to do that.
2020
Jan 07
Judges 10:13
But you have forsaken me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.
Brandi B. from Eureka, MT said:
This is a powerful statement. So far throughout Judges each time the Isrealites called out to God he would save them without question, knowing that they would go back again. This time, he has shown how fed up he is with saving them over and over again. I think this is true with all of us in our Walk with God. Yes, once we accept Christ, we are sealed and under a new Covenant, but if we continuously put ourselves back in situations that he has pulled us out of, I think he will eventually just let us stay there, allowing things to happen to us. Since we have turned our backs from him time and time again, he is saying "alright, you made this bed over and over again, you can lay in it for a time."
2020
Jan 05
Judges 9:15
"The thornbush said to the trees, 'If you really want to anoint me king over you, come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, then let fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!'
Brandi B. from Eureka, MT said:
This verse is interesting and a great analogy of how we work as people. We allow someone to come along and "rule over us", even if they are not the best person to rule. They say that they are for you but if you don't do as they say "or take refuge in their shade" they will punish all.
2020
Jan 04
Judges 8:35
They also failed to show any loyalty to the family of Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) in spite of all the good things he had done for them.
Brandi B. from Eureka, MT said:
As human beings, in times of trouble we whine, cry, and want to be delivered from our sins. We cry out, "Oh Lord, save me from myself. I am sorry for getting myself into this situation because of my sin." Then when God does have mercy on us and saves us, we quickly forget where we were at and sometimes go back to the situation again. IN our comfort we forget what got us into that situation in the first place and continue to go there. I am so thankful that God has so much mercy and is slow to Anger. For we are fallen and incapable of not going back to our sinful ways from time to time.
2020
Jan 03
Judges 7:2
The Lord said to Gideon, "You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me, 'My own strength has saved me.'
Brandi B. from Eureka, MT said:
These verses speak to me. I have had so many times in my life that God has stopped me from doing something because it would be in myself that I would boast. At the time I was frustrated because I thought I was following God, but ultimately I was following my flesh. God is so good, patient and guiding, even in our own ignorance.
2020
Jan 02
Judges 5:31
"So may all your enemies perish, Lord !
But may all who love you be like the sun
when it rises in its strength."
Then the land had peace forty years.
But may all who love you be like the sun
when it rises in its strength."
Then the land had peace forty years.
Brandi B. from Eureka, MT said:
No matter what happens in your life, or what enemies you face, The Lord is with you. If you abide in him and call upon him, he will vanquish your enemies. If God is for you, who can be against you.
2020
Jan 02
Judges 6:15
"Pardon me, my lord," Gideon replied, "but how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family."
Brandi B. from Eureka, MT said:
This speak volumes to what God has done throughout the Bible and today. He takes our weaknesses uses them for his Glory.
2019
Dec 31
Judges 4:14
Then Deborah said to Barak, "Go! This is the day the Lord has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the Lord gone ahead of you?" So Barak went down Mount Tabor, with ten thousand men following him.
Brandi B. from Eureka, MT said:
I love the line in this verse "Ha not the Lord gone ahead of you?" The Lord is always ahead of us. He was ahead of us when we first sinned, and throughout the old testament, the symbolism of the coming of Jesus is becoming more and more apparent to me as I read. God is always ahead and always in control. He is sovereign and knows and does things before we ask and know. It blows my mind more and more.
2019
Dec 30
Judges 3:15
Again the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and he gave them a deliverer—Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera the Benjamite. The Israelites sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
Brandi B. from Eureka, MT said:
Even though the Israelites do evil, once they repent and call out to the Lord, he delivers them. Over and over again. He is a just God but a loving God who helps when one repents.
On Numbers 2:34 by Ken J.
“Moses obeyed God's instructions exactly as he received them. This verse…”