How to be a Warrior when you are afraid
Things looked very bleak for the people! Life was reduced to hiding in caves. Their crops were destroyed by their enemies. Food to sustain them was hard to come by. Their enemies were like locusts who swarm and lay waste to the land. How did things get so desperate?
The people had given up following Creator God's laws and "did what was evil." Only after their situation became unbearable, the people cried out to God about their enemies. He responded immediately! God sent a prophet to give them a history lesson. He reminded them of his great deliverance from the house of slavery in Egypt, from the hand of all who oppressed them. He also restated how he gave them victory in their battles. Then God's word cut to the core: "I told you that I am the Lord your God; you shall not fear the gods of the people in whose land you dwell," "but you did not obey my voice."
