Christian Devotional – February 8, 2025

Avoiding the Rollercoaster, Day 8

We must be careful of our examples. Read Judges chapter 8.

As we follow the story of Gideon, we see that he continues to have tremendous success and victory. God gives him wins in battle over the enemies that had been oppressing the children of Israel. However, Gideon was not perfect. Gideon chose two build a golden ephod, which became a source of idol worship for people. Then when he died, the people reverted back to the evil ways they followed before.

We need Godly and Christian examples to follow. But one piece of the rollercoaster to avoid is putting too much faith in other people. We must remember that only God is perfect. We cannot be following God solely for the approval of others around us because when they are not looking or are no longer around, we will stop obeying Christ.

That’s what happened to the people of Israel with Gideon. That’s why they fell in their obedience at that point. If we want to avoid the rollercoaster, we can have other believers that we admire and look up to, but our sole example must be Jesus Christ himself. Only he is the perfect example, and he is always with us.

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