Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Shamgar

And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
Judges 3:31 

"If your spiritual service to God is truly voluntary and courageous, then you are imitating the examples of Shamgar.

1. No one is exempt from serving GodConsider Shamgar.
He
battled the Philistines with an ox goad. It is very likely that he was just a poor farmer (i.e., a peasant).

2. Serve God even if you are a “nobodyRather than looking to ourselves and asking to be excused we need to look to God and get to work. This excuse “But I’m just a nobody…” could have been used by Shamgar, but he determined to serve God in his generation.

3. Serve God with what you haveShamgar’s war instrument was an ox goad. This was a farming tool! Generally, it was about eight feet long with a sharp metal spike at one end to prod animals to work. Shamgar used this humble agricultural implement in battle against Philistia. Let us allow the lesson of his ox-goad to “prod” us to acknowledge the fact that there is room in God’s kingdom for the “small things” that we can do. 
Moses’ rod (Exodus 4:1-5) was a simple shepherd’s tool, but what great things God accomplished through it!'
CRAIG MEYER/WM