Don’t Get Killed By A Woman

Scripture: Judges 9: 52-56 says, “Abimelech went to the tower and stormed it. But as he approached the entrance to the tower to set it on fire, a woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked his skull. Hurriedly he called to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and kill me, so that they can’t say, ‘A woman killed him.’ ” So his servant ran him through, and he died. When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they went home. Thus God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father by murdering his seventy brothers.

Observation: Abimelech, a son of Gideon, wanted to be a king. He became treacherous and killed his brothers. After a dramatic series of events, he is attempting to besiege a city for vengeance. God chose a woman to drop a giant rock on his head. He then asks a solider to kill him so it won’t be recorded in history that he had been killed by a woman.

Application: This passage reminds me about the character of God. God is brilliant and has an amazing sense of humor. Here we have a man who knew no humility, but would use conniving and treacherous schemes to accomplish his will instead of God’s will. God then uses a woman to kill him. How ironic! What is the application? God is so in control, and he’s not afraid to use creative ways to squash (no pun intended) our arrogance. It is humbling to be reminded that God is God and I am not.

Prayer: God, I pray that when ever I begin to get out of your will that you would creatively help me get back on track with you!