The voice of one calling, like comfort to us all. That voice of comfort does not come from high pyramids or silver stones or fancy horses but from the wilderness.
QUESTIONS FOR THE WEEK: Wilderness Voice
When you think of the voice calling from the wilderness and John the Baptist as that voice, what do you think of when you hear wilderness?
Read Mark 1:1-13. John the Baptist is that Voice from the wilderness, and Jesus goes into the wilderness after being baptized. What do you think the wilderness means at the beginning of the Gospel of Mark?
Read Isaiah 40:1-8. Why do you think this passage begins with “Comfort, comfort” before talking about the wilderness?
What are those places of struggle that God can give you a voice of good news for your neighbors?
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Samson is set apart. He has a special diet and ways to groom himself. He is powerful and can defeat those who should be stronger than him. But even though he is blind to the ways of God, God is not blind of him.
Japhthah tragically misunderstands God's nature, thinking that God will only act because of grossly large devotion. But the actual kingdom of God is one of grace and forgiveness that sets us free.
The Book of Judges, though a difficult read, confronts us with the ugly truth of how easily we turn away from God and calls us to acknowledge and confess our own sins instead of ignoring them or destroying others.