Our Daily Bread Devotional 2nd December 2025 – Today’s Insight, Bible Reading & Prayer – Tuesday ODB Message
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TOPIC: Left-Handed
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BIBLE IN A YEAR: Ezekiel 42-44; 1 John 1
KEY VERSE: The Israelites cried out to the Lord, and he gave them a deliverer—Ehud, a left-handed man. Judges 3:15
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
Judges 3:12-30
12 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. 13And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. 14So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. 15But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab. 16But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh. 17And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. 18And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present. 19But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. 20And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat. 21And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: 22And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out. 23Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them. 24When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber. 25And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth. 26And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath. 27And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them. 28And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over. 29And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man. 30So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
TODAY’S INSIGHT
Judges 2:10-19 describes a pattern throughout the book of Judges. When the people no longer “acknowledge[d] the Lord” or “remember[ed] the mighty things he had done for [them]” (v. 10 nlt), they descended into apostasy (abandoned their faith). So God would side with Israel’s enemies to defeat them (v. 15). Then He’d respond to the Israelites’ “groaning” (v. 18) by raising judges to save them. They were given safety while the judge was alive (v. 18), but once the judge died, the pattern would repeat itself (v. 19).
Judges 3:7-11 describes an example of this pattern. God’s anger led to the Israelites being under subjection for eight years (v. 8). When they cried out to God, He raised up Othniel to rescue them through the power of the Holy Spirit (vv. 9-10). As God gave strength to Othniel, we also can rely on His strength to do through us what He alone can do
Our Daily Bread Devotional – 2nd December 2025 | MESSAGE
“I needed to be extraordinary . . . I carried the entire weight of the church on my shoulders,” reflected Elliot Grudem. He prided himself on running a financially self-sufficient church, when really he was “secretly functioning as the financial saviour”.
One day his mentor challenged him. “It takes extraordinary courage to be ordinary,” he said. Letting go of his pride, Elliot admitted that the church wasn’t financially stable after all. He wasn’t a superstar pastor—he needed the Lord’s help and provision.
During the turbulent years of the judges, God’s people frequently suffered through powerful enemies (Judges 3:12-14). Yet God often raised up very ordinary people to save them. “The Israelites cried out to the Lord, and he gave them a deliverer—Ehud, a left-handed man” (v. 15). A left-handed man. Hardly a dynamic résumé!
Yet Ehud had the courage to trust God to rescue Israel through his ordinary left-handedness. He concealed a small sword under his right thigh (an unusual hiding place, as most weapons were easily accessible to right hands). Then he killed the king of Moab who had been oppressing the Israelites (v. 21), bringing freedom and “peace for eighty years” (v. 30).
The courage to be ordinary comes from our extraordinary God. His power enabled Ehud’s left hand to free the Israelites. This same power works in our ‘ordinary’ lives today. Let’s trust God to achieve things way beyond our imagining (Ephesians 3:20).
REFLECT: In which areas do you feel ordinary? What might it look like courageously to entrust your everyday gifts, abilities and quirks to God?
PRAY: Dear Lord, thank You for making me who I am, someone who needs You every single day. May Your extraordinary love and power be seen through my ordinary life.
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