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Judges 11

It is not over. It will not be over and it cannot be over until God Himself pronounces it over. He alone is the Almighty God; the Great I Am that I Am; the only One who inhabits eternity. He is God that works in His own timing; not the timing of man. 1Timothy 6:15-16 describes Him, ÒÉHe who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and the Lord of lords, 16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in an unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.Ó  Does this sound convincing enough to you that although it may be cloudy now, the sun will shine again at the timing of God? Can you actually get it now that indeed nothing is impossible for Him to do? All the work of His hands and the testimonies in His Word as documented in the Scripture are enough for every acclaimed believer to hold on to. Jephthah, the Gileadite, was referred to as a mighty man of valor, but before he became a mighty man of valor, he was a castaway among his brothers because he was the son of another woman. Jephthah was driven out by his brothers and, Òthen Jephthah fled from his brothers and dwelt in the land of Tob; and worthless men banded together with Jephthah and went out raiding with him.Ó (Judges 11:3) To his brothers, he was worthless and none of them wanted to have him as part of the family. He was rejected and condemned as a non-entity but to God there is always hope in life. When the people of Ammon made war against the children of Israel, the same Jephthah who was driven out of the city became the one to be sought after for his help. Judges11:4-6, ÒIt came to pass after a time that the people of Ammon made war against Israel. 5 And so it was, when the people of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob. 6 Then they said to Jephthah, ÔCome and be our commander, that we may fight against the people of Ammon.ÕÓ How sweet can it be for someone who was driven out of his fatherÕs land by his people and later be sought for by the whole nation for help? JephthahÕs case was discouraging and depressing at the beginning, but the latter part was strengthening and encouraging. Has it ever been in your situation that all hope is lost? In your turning left and right you have encountered nothing but roadblock. All who are closest to you have become farer away. Jephthah, by the hand of God, turned out to be the light in darkness for the people of the very land where he was driven out by leading and delivering the people out of the hand of their enemies. With God, you never can tell when or where He will show up concerning your case. Hold unto God and He will hold you up unto Himself in Jesus Name.