FAITH CAPSULE: God is a God who is more than able to reverse the irreversible.

Judges 11

After the killing of Goliath by David, King Saul’s jealousy and fear of David caused him to place a mark of termination upon David. King Saul marked David for death but David checked out with the aid of four hundred men who were referred to as drifters and debtors, trouble makers and those who were troubled. (1 Samuel 22:1-5) For David to continue the journey of life to the center of God’s divine assignment for his life it was the group of rejected and hopeless ones that God used for David. With God there is no impossibility; with God it is not over except God calls it over. As a believer, where are not to take the position of judging or condemning others. Jesus admonished, “Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned…” (Luke 6:37) It is written, “And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the plank in your own eye?” (Luke 6:41) David could have judged or condemned his liberating force unconsciously. Are you taking the position of judge by unconsciously writing off your support?
Are you being judge or being written off by your brethren? It is worth to always remember that God is a God who is more than able to reverse the irreversible.
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, “then 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.” (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, “It came to pass after a time that the people of Ammon made war against Israel. 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. Then they said to Jephthah, ‘Come and be our commander that we may fight against the people of Ammon.’” Jephthah a castaway became commander over his people. With God it is not over and we should never call it over for no man except God calls it over.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace not to write any man over when God does not say it is over.