Judges 3:12-30 gives one of the most bizarre stories about foul play in the Bible. King Eglon is stabbed by Ehud. The king’s size and history leave the servants outside thinking he needs some privacy in the attached bathroom. However, it’s Ehud that needs the privacy, as he escapes through the latrine.
I wonder, what makes an Ehud? He had some nerve – smuggling the dagger past security forces with no clear way to escape. We know God told him to do it, but how did Ehud know God told him – and why didn’t he wimp out?
This Sunday is July 4th. I wonder what made the likes of John Adams, Ben Franklin, George Washington, etc. to have the nerve to stand up against the British Empire? How did they even know it was right? Why didn’t they wimp out?
Aren’t you glad they didn’t?
"Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever. " Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, Query 18, 1781
I wonder, what makes an Ehud? He had some nerve – smuggling the dagger past security forces with no clear way to escape. We know God told him to do it, but how did Ehud know God told him – and why didn’t he wimp out?
This Sunday is July 4th. I wonder what made the likes of John Adams, Ben Franklin, George Washington, etc. to have the nerve to stand up against the British Empire? How did they even know it was right? Why didn’t they wimp out?
Aren’t you glad they didn’t?
"Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever. " Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, Query 18, 1781
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