The Lord is our witness; we will certainly do as you say

 Judges 11:1-11

Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior. Gilead’s wife also bore him sons, and when they were grown up, they drove Jephthah away. “You are not going to get any inheritance in our family,” they said, “because you are the son of another woman.” So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where a gang of scoundrels gathered around him and followed him.

“Come,” they said, “be our commander, so we can fight the Ammonites.”

Jephthah said to them, “Didn’t you hate me and drive me from my father’s house? Why do you come to me now, when you’re in trouble?”

Jephthah answered, “Suppose you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the Lord gives them to me—will I really be your head?”

The elders of Gilead replied, “The Lord is our witness; we will certainly do as you say.” So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and commander over them. And he repeated all his words before the Lord in Mizpah.

Again Ammon, the new champion is the brigand-chief, Jephthah.

Why?

Jephthah has not done anything wrong, but for his family, he was driven from his family. How can we bear this misfortune?

Jephthah may complain and reject but he turns to the Lord and believed the Lord is their witness.

People always forgot the grace of the Lord, and when under emergency they turn to the Lord and asked help from the Lord.

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大能的勇士+妓女的兒子，因為兄弟分家產，把他趕出去。

如果耶弗他是不好的人，不會有人跟隨他。雖然際遇不好，神已經預備他成為領袖被神使用。神必有他的用意。無論任何我遇到的事，都是神為我預備的，為將來的使命。只要我們在神裏面。

耶弗他知道他們只是利用神，懷疑今天是否也是利用耶弗他?

耶弗他明顯是敬畏神的人，他把這事陳明在神面前。

我們也要問自己，我們是否在利用神?是否常存感恩的心。與神建立互信、互愛，彼此委身的關係。

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How?

The Lord is my witness, what I have done will be shown before the Lord, with all my heart and my mind. Praise the Holy Name of the Lord!