Christian Devotional – May 27, 2022

Days of the Judges, Day 12

It’s interesting to see how many children they had during this time. Much of this chapter talks about the leaders and their multiple children. Read Judges 12.

Still, as we read through this chapter, it’s amazing to think about how many of these children these men had an opportunity to influence and to teach about the Lord. Yet, it doesn’t indicate that they did that in scripture. So often, we see people in the next generation or two who fall away from the Lord and start to do evil things.

How are we raising up the next generation? How are we teaching them the truth and the joy that is a relationship with Jesus Christ? These leaders may have led and done amazing things in Israel, but they did not share that with their family. They missed an opportunity to minister to the very people they needed to minister to the most. How are we leading our family? How are we insuring that they know what it means to truly have a relationship with Jesus Christ, not just a head knowledge of who he is?