Judges 3:31

Hey, hey, good morning. Good morning. Welcome to coffee and devotions. This morning we got one verse, very end of Judges chapter 3. Who is this guy who just gets one verse? Let's have some coffee. We'll pray and we'll find out about the one verse judge. Father, we thank you so much for this day. We thank you for your word. And Father, we pray that your Holy Spirit would please help us to read and to understand your word in Jesus's name. Amen. There we go. Judges 3:31. After him was Shamgar, the son of Anath, who killed 600 men of the Philistines with an ox code. And he also delivered Israel. The end, right? That's it. That's it. All right. So, we got to ask ourselves, A, what was this about? B, what's the best version? C, what are we called to do in response to? So, A, what's this about? Well, uh, we had E-hood, a left-handed assassin who kills Eglon, the fat dude, right? And then we get into verse 31. After him, him being E-hood was Shamgar. Shamgar of Anath, right? And there's just one thing we're told. He killed 600 Philistines. Filled 600 Philistines with an ox go. What is a goad? It's a long sharp stick, right? So, as the oxen were were pulling the plow or on the cart or whatever as they were yolked up, he would kind of poke them with a big long sharp stick kind of like a spear would be used later uh or even at this time, right? And so, uh he he killed 600 people, 600 Philistines with an ox code. And he also delivered Israel. That word delivered Yeshua. This is like helped or was victorious for the people. So, that's all we get. Shamgar does battle with the Philistines. He has this amazing accomplishment. He kills 600 to one, right? One man against 600 and he's memorialized in the book of Shabbatim in the book of Judges. And so that's what we have. We just have this shamguard. What's the best verse to summarize this? Well, I'm going to say verse 31. Let's see. Calling what are we called to do? Are you called to pick up your goat and go and kill 600 people? I don't think that's worth talking about. But I do want to say how encouraging it is to know that the Lord can do remarkable things. And sometimes our story doesn't need to be big and long. Sometimes it's just being remembered, knowing that the Lord can use us for one act. That's it. That was enough. You know, I remember uh Count Von Zenzandorf or something like that, one of the Moravian guys, he said, "Preach and die and be remembered no more." I'm paraphrasing that, but the point is do your duty to the Lord and be forgotten. We don't know anything about Shamgar. We know that he's the son of Anath. Who's Anath? Don't know. But what do you know is that Shamgar was used by God. Was used by God at a specific time in a specific place for miraculous specific action. The Lord Jesus and the Lord remembered him and memorialized him. Our names will never be written in the Bible, but doesn't mean that our lives don't matter. The Lord might use you. You may be memorialize in the hearts of your family members as you pour out your life discipling your children. Maybe for some of you it's your grandchildren now that you're raising and caring for and trying to love, trying to pour your life into. Those are miraculous acts. All of hell is set against our children coming to Christ. It be that your name is written as a remembrance for they shared God's word. They were faithful. Shamgard was faithful and God used them. Will we be faithful? Will we walk in the footsteps of Christ and be remembered for nothing more than for being faithful to him? Father, we pray that with the faith of a mustard seed, we might be able to move mountains. Lord, we don't know much about this Shamgar fellow other than you used him. He didn't have amazing weapons of war. Didn't have chariots of iron. He didn't have the strength of Goliath. All we know is that he was a son of enough. And then they followed after you and you used him. God, please use us. May you receive all the glory. It's not about us, Lord. It's about you. In Jesus's name. Amen. May the Lord bless you. May you walk in the faith of Jesus Christ. May you know that you are no small person to him. He counts every hair on your head. He numbers your days. It's closer to you than your very breath. I'll see you next time. Bye.