Shamgar (4 of 11)
Series: Unlikely Heroes of the Bible
Jim Perdue
Judges 3:31
Tonight, we continue our series through the book of Judges looking at some unlikely heroes in this book. We have seen two heroes with funny names, Othniel and Ehud. And tonight, we add to that list; Shamgar.
In the book of Joshua, God was with the whole nation as they conquered the land of promise. But, in Judges, God turned from the nation and gave victory to individuals. He called and empowered individuals by his Spirit. Thirteen different judges are named in the book. The thirteen individuals are not national leaders, they are local heroes who rescue and deliver God's people from oppression and destruction in different parts of Canaan.
Shamgar was one of those local heroes. One verse is devoted to Shamgar and it doesn't even state that he was a judge. It simply says, ''After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed 600 of the Philistines with an oxgoad, and he also saved Israel.'' (ON SCREEN)
His whole life story is summed up in one sentence. How would that make you feel? Othniel had 5 verses, Ehud had 19 verses and Shamgar gets one.
*We should mind little things-little courtesies in life, little matters of personal appearance, little extravagances, little minutes of wasted time, little details in our work. And it seems that a thing cannot be too small to command our attention. The first hint Newton had leading to his most important optical discoveries was derived from a child's soap bubble. The art of printing was suggested by a man cutting letters in the bark of a tree. The telescope was the outcome of a boy's amusement with two glasses in his father's shop. The web of a spider suggested to Captain Brown the idea of a suspension bridge. Henry Ford's idea about a perfect watch plant gave him a plan for his giant motor industry. J. L. Kraft's idea to put cheese in a sanitary package was the start of his enormous business. Little things. Every one a little thi ...
Series: Unlikely Heroes of the Bible
Jim Perdue
Judges 3:31
Tonight, we continue our series through the book of Judges looking at some unlikely heroes in this book. We have seen two heroes with funny names, Othniel and Ehud. And tonight, we add to that list; Shamgar.
In the book of Joshua, God was with the whole nation as they conquered the land of promise. But, in Judges, God turned from the nation and gave victory to individuals. He called and empowered individuals by his Spirit. Thirteen different judges are named in the book. The thirteen individuals are not national leaders, they are local heroes who rescue and deliver God's people from oppression and destruction in different parts of Canaan.
Shamgar was one of those local heroes. One verse is devoted to Shamgar and it doesn't even state that he was a judge. It simply says, ''After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed 600 of the Philistines with an oxgoad, and he also saved Israel.'' (ON SCREEN)
His whole life story is summed up in one sentence. How would that make you feel? Othniel had 5 verses, Ehud had 19 verses and Shamgar gets one.
*We should mind little things-little courtesies in life, little matters of personal appearance, little extravagances, little minutes of wasted time, little details in our work. And it seems that a thing cannot be too small to command our attention. The first hint Newton had leading to his most important optical discoveries was derived from a child's soap bubble. The art of printing was suggested by a man cutting letters in the bark of a tree. The telescope was the outcome of a boy's amusement with two glasses in his father's shop. The web of a spider suggested to Captain Brown the idea of a suspension bridge. Henry Ford's idea about a perfect watch plant gave him a plan for his giant motor industry. J. L. Kraft's idea to put cheese in a sanitary package was the start of his enormous business. Little things. Every one a little thi ...
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