Scripture - Judges 1:6 Adoni-Bezek fled, but they chased him and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
Observation - I was thinking about why the Israelites do such a thing. Adoni - Bezek had done the same thing to people that he had captured and they were serving his table and picking up scraps. Looking deeper shows you that someone with no big toes and no thumbs is unfit for battle. The big toes carries 40% of the weight of the body and is the thrusting point for movement. The thumbs allow you to hold the sword and weapons of battle. Basically this man was no longer a warrior. He was stripped of all dignity and honor. We was only fit for picking up scraps. Too often the enemy tries to cripple us by taking our spiritual big toes and thumbs. He makes us Ill-equipped for battle.
Observation - I was thinking about why the Israelites do such a thing. Adoni - Bezek had done the same thing to people that he had captured and they were serving his table and picking up scraps. Looking deeper shows you that someone with no big toes and no thumbs is unfit for battle. The big toes carries 40% of the weight of the body and is the thrusting point for movement. The thumbs allow you to hold the sword and weapons of battle. Basically this man was no longer a warrior. He was stripped of all dignity and honor. We was only fit for picking up scraps. Too often the enemy tries to cripple us by taking our spiritual big toes and thumbs. He makes us Ill-equipped for battle.
Application - As we read in 1 Cor 12 we need all body parts to function. Too often the enemy tries to steal our thumbs and toes by having us touch unclean things and walking where we don't belong. It may not completely kill us but it makes us unfit for battle. Time to touch only holy things and walk according to the scripture.
Prayer - Father keep the unholy from my sight, my grasp and my walk.
