Judges 12 - Praying God's Word

Please read Judges 12.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/jdg/12/1/s_223001

Meditate on verses 2-3a.

Jephthah said to them, “I and my people were at great 

strife with the sons of Ammon; when I called you, you 

did not deliver me from their hand.

 When I saw that you would not deliver me, I 

took my life in my hands

 and crossed over against the sons of Ammon, and 

the LORD gave them into my hand.”

Judges is about people who need deliverance from sin and its consequences.  They looked to other people for deliverance, and they even tried to deliver themselves.  Every effort proved futile.  They needed a Savior; they needed the LORD. 

The Hebrew word that is translated as deliver in Judges is also used in Isaiah 49:26 where it is translated as Savior.¹

And all flesh will know that I, the LORD,

 am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

—Isaiah 49:26b

Our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,

who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed…

Titus 2:13b-14a

Jesus is the Deliverer, the Savior!  Let Him deliver you from recycled sins, so you can live for Him.

Use the words from Judges 12:3 to pray over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, I see that _______ will not deliver ________ and me.

Let us stop taking our lives into our own hands.

We give our lives to You.

In Your name, Jesus, our Deliverer and Savior ~”

1. Retrieved from: www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H3467&t=NASB