In the book of Judges the people are disobedient, then are defeated by an enemy, cry out to God, and God delivers them. The thing that has caught my attention about this cycle is the amount of time the people of Israel stay in captivity before they cry out to the Lord. Defeated by pagan people, Enslaved by foreign rulers, and made to worship false god’s, the people seem to be indifferent to their seperation from God. It is not until the people finally get tired of their captivity that they realize the error of thier ways and cry out to the Lord.
Interestingly enough this sounds rather familiar. In my own life there have been times where I was indifferent to sin, willing to be enslaved by its control, and willing to be separate from the worship of the God who loves me and gave Himself for me. It should not take a wake up call for us to stop our indifference toward sin. Following God is not left for the ministers, people who are older, people with more money, or more time, rather all who confess Jesus as Lord are to be followers of God and enemy’s of sin and self. God desires to rescue you if you are enslaved by sin, all we need to do is cry out to him and he will save us. God is so full of grace and mercy!
I pray that God will end indifference, heal people from sin and rise up His people to serve Him in all their ways.
