March 31, 2012 – Judges 6

When I was reading this my mind was drawn to the movie “A Bug’s Life”.  It started because Israel would work and get crops ready, then the enemies would come when they were finished and take or destroy them.  I immediately thought of the grasshoppers and what they would do to the ants in the movie.  Then as I read on, I couldn’t help but continue to make the connections.  The smallest and least likely of the ants is called to defeat the enemy.  Doesn’t feel capable of doing it at first.  The first thing he attempts against the enemy he does in secret because he is afraid (the hero in the movie tries to defeat the grasshoppers with a bird disguise and says it is someone else’s idea because nobody trust him).  Finally he stands up because he realizes he is capable of great things and the enemy is defeated.  It is funny (and telling) that once you have a notion in your head you can stretch something you read in the Bible to go along with your ideas.  This is what happens many times with people interpretations of the Bible and what they read into it so that the “Bible allows” whatever they can think of or believe.  That is why it is so important to have an authoritative guide to the Bible or you could have crack pots pawning “Bug’s Life” off as a religious movie that should be shown at church because of its taken straight from the Bible.