Judges 19:1 "In those days Israel had no king..."
This phrase is repeated several times in this portion of Judges. Israel had no king. They wanted one, but God was hesitant initially to place a king over them. It's interesting to see how often the writer of Judges mentions the fact that "Israel had no king." This was a big deal to him, and the nation.
Maybe Israel was missing the point? They seem very concerned with having a king (hence the continual reference to having none) but maybe they had one all along? God wanted to be their king. They were so super focused on an earthly, human, powerful king, that maybe they missed the fact that their God was right there with them the entire time! They looked past the real king to search in vain for their version of a king. The same thing happened with Jesus. Does the same thing happen today? With me? My king is Jesus and needs to be him alone.
Dear Jesus, help me to make you king in my life everyday. Amen.
