Undeserved Gifts

Day 5 – Read Judges 2:18-19

Have you ever received a gift that felt undeserved? We’re talking seriously unwarranted here.  Maybe you even deserved some sort of punishment but you received a gift instead.  How did you respond or how would you respond?  In today’s reading we see the amazing response of God to the continual turning away of His people.  The Israelites time and time again turned away from God and did their own thing and while God allowed them to do that and at times allowed them to suffer the consequences, He is so loving and kind that He extended them grace.  The Israelites did nothing to deserve the grace of God.  Sure, there were times when they followed Him, but there were also plenty of times when they turned away from Him.  What about you, what is your response to unmerited grace?  Shouldn’t the response change based on the magnitude of the gift?  As we wrap up the first week of this devotional and get ready to move into 7 more weeks looking at the book of Judges, know this; you are loved by the creator of the universe.  The same God who extended this grace to the Israelites has extended His grace to us through His son Jesus Christ.  Do you respond like the Israelites in verse 19 or do you respond with a life of obedience and gratitude to God?