The Book of Judges

God has not called any of us to be judges but to be witnesses. But most of the time we have neglected to witness and have chosen to be judges. We judge people at all times except ourselves. We forget the injunction of Christ in the Holy Book: “Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged; and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? How can you say to you brother, ‘Let me remove that splinter from your eye,’ while the wooden beam is in your eye? You hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye first, then you will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother’s eye” Mt. 7:1-5.

Ever stop to think about all terrible things we say about one another? I am saddened by all the names calling that go on both in our TV and radio. Imagine the terrible names that our president is called day in day out or the names we call our leaders both spiritual and temporal. May God forgive us!

However, there is a book of Judges in the Bible that has a different connotation from the observation made above. This book derives its title or name from the twelve heroes of Israel whose deeds it records. They were not magistrates, as one may be tempted to think. No, they were military leaders selected by God to aid and to relieve his people in times of external danger. One of them was a man named Sampson. Why not read the extraordinary life and deeds of this great man and see how God used the weak to defeat the strong. This story could be found in Judges chapters 13, 14, 15, 16. Have fund as you read this story.