All right, my Bible in 365, brothers and sisters.

We have arrived at the book of judges.

And folks, I have to tell you that the book of judges, in my opinion, may be one of the most somber books in the Bible.

Now, don't get me wrong.

We see many stories in the book of judges,

some of which represent victory,

some of which represent conquest,

some of which represent so many encouraging themes,

but the problem in the book of judges is the pattern.

The problem in the book of judges is when we see the blessing of God coming upon a people

who then allow the blessing to get to their head, and when the blessing gets to their head,

they go to God and they say, I got this.

And it's amazing because in their minds they think they're big and tough and everything is going to be okay.

When in reality, what's really being said, even though they don't hear it, is God, I got this.

You know what I mean?

Listen, that might just be an excuse to use a funny effect.

But the one thing I want you to know is that judges does a phenomenal job at showing the nature of humanity.

That when we are blessed by God, we tend to ignore the one who blessed

us first. And it is, poof, it is shocking. It makes literally no sense. It makes literally no

sense. I can give you even a modern day example of this. And I'm going to talk about it in a minute because I can promise you when I give you this example,

it is going to hit very, very close to home.

But if I were to find a passage in the book of judges that creates what, in my opinion,

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