In our desire to see results happen in the Kingdom, we are often too thrilled to have the Gideons lead us. We are many times satisfied with Samsons.
If he can defeat such an army with 300, then we want him as our leader! He needs to be on our team, lead our organization, pastor our church!
This man is able to rip open a lion with his hands and bust up a 1000 with a jawbone. We need him to lead our team! What a track record. He can get ‘er done!
And in our desire for such dynamic leaders, we lock arms with them willing to overlook:
“And Gideon made an ephod….And all Israel whored after it” (Judges 8:27, ESV)
“Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a prostitute, and he went in to her” (Judges 16:1, ESV).
No leader is perfect. All are sinners. However, as long as we can have forty years of rest from the Midianites and twenty years of protection from the Philistines, we are often willing to compromise a great deal.
Are you too glad for Gideons and too satisfied with Samsons?
Such is not the way of the wise Kingdom citizen.
