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Judges chapter 3 in verse 31. And after him was Shamgar, the son of Anath who killed 600 men of the Philistines with an ox goad and he

also delivered Israel. It's almost one of those verses that you'll just read over.

Shamgar is not like a household name, but man there's a lot that said in that one verse,

particularly the latter part,

and he also saved or delivered his entire nation.

All he gets is one verse, but he had massive, massive impact.

And I want to talk to you for a few minutes today on the subject of the three success secrets of Shamgar.

The three success secrets of Shamgar.

He lived 3,000 years ago.

He was a farmer and he saved an entire nation with an ox goad. An ox goad is a wood

with a sharp steel point on the end of it that was used to motivate

the ox to keep moving when they became stubborn and didn't want to plow anymore. And he took this thing, this weapon, or really this farm tool, this weed eater, or whatever you want to call it, a farmer with a farm tool and he slew 600 felistines.

It would be the equivalent of one man with a stick with a sharp point on the end

killing 600 ISIS terrorists.

And he did it and saw that his nation was under threat,

his family was being overtaken, and something came on him against incredible odds,

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