I am the Lord your God; do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live.’ But you have not listened to me

 Judges 6:1-10

The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites.

Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peoples invaded the country. They camped on the land and ruined the crops all the way to Gaza and did not spare a living thing for Israel, neither sheep nor cattle nor donkeys. They came up with their livestock and their tents like swarms of locusts. It was impossible to count them or their camels; they invaded the land to ravage it.

When the Israelites cried out to the Lord because of Midian, he sent them a prophet, who said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians. And I delivered you from the hand of all your oppressors; I drove them out before you and gave you their land.  I said to you, ‘I am the Lord your God; do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live.’ But you have not listened to me.”

Bedouin from the east - the Midianites who were descendants of Abraham by his second wife, Keturah - swept through southern Israel as far as the Philistine city of Gaza The terror spread by these fierce camel-riders is vividly pictured in 6:11.

Why?

This is the reason why Israelite suffer so much trouble and foreigner invaded their land.

Recursively happen in Israelites, they did not learn that the Lord is their only one real God. 

Many of us are like Israelite easy to be attacked by this world. or our faith is weak to follow this world and do not fully obey God's command.

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內部敗壞，以致神用米甸人來管教。

撒種後來攻打，撒種是一種投資，叫以色列人血本無歸。以色列神不敬畏神的結果。

人的責任是敬畏神謹守神的戒命，但是現在變成責任是想辦法得多一些。

什麼原因?忘記神，因為太安逸了，和平40年就忘記，以為只要耕種就有收成豐收。神賜給人白白的恩典。

呼求耶和華後有什麼回應呢?神先差遣先知告訴以色列人原因。以色列人想聽的是趕走米甸人。我們的禱告常常是要神成就我們的需要、祈求，當我們在極窮乏中。我們祈求神時，神當然會幫助我們，但是更重要是能聽神的話語。求神幫助我們，聽神要我們做什麼? 指出我們黑暗面，我們的問題。

求神修剪我們，使我們結果更多。

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How?

It is the Lord brought me up out of Sinner land, out of the land of slavery. He is the Lord, my salvation.