Jdg 10:10, And the children of Israel cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, because we have both forsaken our God and served the Baals!”
Jdg 10:13-14, Yet you have forsaken Me and served other gods. THEREFORE I WILL DELIVER YOU NO MORE. GO AND CRY OUT TO THE GODS WHICH YOU HAVE CHOSEN; LET THEM DELIVER YOU IN YOUR TIME OF DISTRESS.”
Israel willingly chose to serve other gods! AS CHRISTIANS WE WORSHIP THE LORD WE DON’T WORSHIP WHAT THE WORLD WORSHIPS, BUT THIS SHOWS THAT WE ARE IN DANGER OF BEING LEAD ASTRAY!
Jon 2:8, “THOSE WHO REGARD WORTHLESS IDOLS FORSAKE THEIR OWN MERCY.
Jdg 10:16, So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD. AND HIS SOUL COULD NO LONGER ENDURE THE MISERY OF ISRAEL.
HE LOVES HIS PEOPLE EVEN THOUGH WE DON’T DESERVE IT. THE HEART OF MAN IS EVIL, BUT THE HEART OF THE LORD IS FILLED WITH COMPASSION, MERCY AND GRACE!
Hos 11:7-8, MY PEOPLE ARE BENT ON BACKSLIDING FROM ME. THOUGH THEY CALL TO THE MOST HIGH, NONE AT ALL EXALT HIM. … MY HEART CHURNS WITHIN ME; MY SYMPATHY IS STIRRED.