Wed.’s Devo- Our Hidden Weapon -

Read: Judges 2:10-3:31; Luke 22:14-34; Psalms 92:1-93:5; Proverbs 14:1-2
The leaders of Joshua’s generation died out and the nation went to pot. We cannot continue someone else’s walk with the Lord; we have to have our own. The next generation intermarried with the people in the land and worshipped Baal. They soon became servants to the people they were suppose to rule and weak when they were supposed to be strong. God was angry with their decisions and their hard hearts and turned them over to the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram Naharaim. His name means “their darkness”. For eight years they served under him until they cried out to the Lord and he raised up Othniel. They had peace for forty years (a generation).
Their reign of righteousness would last as long as the judge lived, then the people would go right back to their old ways, forgetting the consequences. The second time they had to cry out to God to help them out of the mess they had gotten themselves in, God raised up Ehud. Ehud means undivided. He unified the people under God and delivered them from the king of Moab. He did it with a hidden two-edged sword he strapped near his thigh.
We have a hidden two-edged sword strapped to us which is the Word of God that we have hidden in our heart. It makes us invincible against the enemy.
Through Ehud, they killed about 10,000 Moabites and the Moabites became slaves of Israel. After Ehud, came the judge, Shamgar which means “the desolate dragged away”. He dragged away 600 Philistines with an ox goad to save Israel.
In Luke, Jesus ate the seder with his disciples and it would be his last meal. He offered them the cup which was the third cup on the seder table. It stood for redemption. It was to remind them of their redemption from Egypt but to point to this very season that the Messiah would become their redemption. Instead of seeing the significance, the disciples argued about who would be the greatest in this new kingdom they thought Jesus was bringing. They were deaf to what Jesus said about suffering and dying. They had in their minds how it was going to happen and couldn’t readjust.
They ate the matza bread then the last cup which was the cup of praise. Then Jesus excused Judas and got the leaven out his group. Jesus encouraged Peter that he had fought for him in the spirit because Satan had wanted to get rid of him.
Lord, may we remember that we are armed and dangerous in the Spirit because we have the hidden weapon which is your Word.