#soap # Judges 12 ## Title: See the Lord in the Chaos ## Scripture: (Judges 12:3) “When I saw that you were not going to help, I risked my life and advanced against the Ammonites, and the Lord handed them over to me. Why have you come up to fight with me today?”” (NET) ## Observation: As a pastor, nothing hurts my heart quite like Christians being hurt by other Christians. It is one thing to be hurt by those who do not know the Lord. It is another to be hurt by those who are supposed to be “on the same team.” This can cause people to become jaded or even resentful toward God. In this passage, there was someone who was supposed to go but didn’t. Now that the battle is over, they are coming. This betrayal hits hard. But, if we are not careful we can miss the point. Jephthah took the Lord with him into the battle, and God gave him victory. It can be so easy to miss what the Lord is doing because of all the mess surrounding our difficulties. Today, take a moment and look past the issues in your life. Look deeper and realize that it is because of the Lord that we stand. The Lord has brought us through more than we realize. ## Application: Take a moment and write out how you see God moving in this season. ## Prayer: Thank You, Jesus, for moving in more ways than we realize.