All of chapter 9 is a sad commentary on Gideon’s life. You would have thought because of all the lessons he learned from God he would not have surrendered to the rewards which his heroism brought him for the rest of his life. He apparently lived in wealth and ended up living like the kings and pagans who had many wives and many offspring, plus he followed their pagan practices. He got way out of the will of God and did many things he should not have. This child Abimelech was the offspring of a concubine that ultimately took Israel even further into idolatry and evil than they had ever been. He murdered his 70 brothers and yet was elected king after this by the leaders of Israel. It is sad to see how a church, business, or any institution can fall so quickly based on the leadership that is allowed to be in charge. God ultimately allows all these things, but it is because we choose the easy and quick solution rather than standing up to the problem which will become the cause of our destruction or that of a church or other institution. Let us be known for standing up when things are not right and ask questions when they don’t seem right. Too many of us are willing to let things just happen and then we wonder why or how things got so bad. Let’s not let life draw us away from the real goal of glorifying God.
Judges 9:1-3 Then Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem, to his mother’s brothers, and spoke with them and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying, 2 “Please speak in the hearing of all the men of Shechem: ‘Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal reign over you, or that one reign over you?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and bone.” 3 And his mother’s brothers spoke all these words concerning him in the hearing of all the men of Shechem; and their heart was inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”
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