24Will you not take what your god Chemosh gives you? Likewise, whatever the LORD our God has given us, we will possess.
These are words of challenge in a day of war. The challenge is not to a people but to their god. A god ought to be able to defend its own people. As we have been reading in Judges, when the people were actively serving the LORD, the LORD fought their battles. When they drifted away from that relationship, the LORD allowed enemies to come in and put pressure on them. He did this to get them to repent of their sins and turn back to Him. Are there compromises in your life that have given territory that rightfully belongs to the LORD over to an enemy? Take a look at your life. What are the areas of greatest struggle? Have there been compromises in those areas in the past? Is the Lord using the struggle as a way to draw you back into a relationship with Himself?
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