April 24, 2023

GOD OF THE LOWLY

Judith 9:11

For Your might is not in numbers, nor Your power in men who are strong, but You are the God of the lowly; You are the helper of the oppressed, the defender of the weak, the protector of those who are forsaken, the savior of those without hope.

Encouraging Words

As we end up the special verses in Judith we come to this proclamation from her about how God works in our lives. He does not work in the lives of the proud but in the lives of the lowly, those who are humble before him and their fellow mankind. By being humbler we can easily proclaim everything that we accomplish in our lives is because of Him and not us. Judith and her handmaiden had just returned from the camp of Holofernes. They had walked into the camp, head up high ,and persuaded the great and ruthless commander of the Assyrian army, the conquerors of the known world at the time to take them in. Judith, being humble before our God, was able to deceive Holofernes to the point where she could behead him and send the troops in disarray back home. God does many magnificent things when we humble ourselves before Him. Glory be to God!