Exodus 23: Today we again see God’s passion for justice and insistence that the poor are cared for and treated with mercy. There are also clear foreshadows of Jesus’ words to be radical in your approach even to those who are your enemies (V4-5 and also Luke 6:27-36).
Job 41: There are several theories about which animals are being described by the words Leviathan and Behemoth from (yesterday’s reading). Whatever the answer v9 makes it clear that the being is untameable and an awe-inspiring sight. If such a creature cannot be challenged who could dare take on its creator? (v10-11).
Judges 2: Whilst Joshua and the elders were alive, the Israelites seemed to keep their priorities straight with God as the focus of their lives (v7). How terrifying it is that within a generation no-one ‘knew the Lord or what he had done for Israel
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