Judges 19:30. “And it was so, that all that saw it said, ‘There was no such deed done or seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.’”
DISINTEGRATION. Faith in God seemed to disintegrate, but no one seemed to care As they went about living, it would appear they didn’t know God was there. That same mind-set coursed throughout the nation as its unity began to die It took a terrible crime to make people think and begin to wonder why.
When God is left out people begin to act, to do things that are unspeakable, Loss of purpose and dignity leads to hardened hearts that are unbreakable. Who would think that two men could be so cowardly as to send a woman to die, They didn’t want to get hurt so they sacrificed her, the body on the step did lie.
Protocol was more important to them than the moral convictions they lacked, When a person gets away from God to do evil, it is very hard to come back. God has His standards made plain in the law; they are there for us to live by, But when they are ignored it is often the case it is the innocent around that die.
To awaken a nation a man desecrated a body intended to make people think. Whatever possessed him to commit such a deed, how far down can a man really sink. When God is forgotten and consequence ignored, people go farther and farther away. They don’t really care if they get what they want, who cares what others will say.
Never get used to the evil around: turn it off, turn away – run and flee For much as I pray and trust in my Lord, I fear what might happen through me. I must keep my heart, my will and my mind on the Lord and what He calls me to do, I can trust Him amidst disintegration around to protect and guide me straight through.
“O Righteous God, how often I read reports and wonder at the terrible events that infect our society and think how You can spare any of us. How can I ever get used to such things and yet I must confess at times I am not moved at the evil actions I read and hear about. Help me O God, to maintain a sensitivity to righteousness and an abhorrence of all that is evil, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”