'They Turned Back.'
a) Genesis 14:7. Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him.
b) Numbers 25:11. Phinehas turned back God's Wrath, away from the Children of Israel.
c) Numbers 33:7. The warrior kings in the wilderness.
d) Joshua 8:20-21. Joshua and his army turned back to take Ai.
e) Joshua 11:10. Joshua, to kill the important king Hazor.
f) Judges 3:19. Ehud, the deliverer.
g) Judges 20:41 & 48.The men of Israel.
h) 1 Samuel 15:11. King Saul.
i) 1 Samuel 15:31. Samuel, following King Saul.
j) 1 Kings 12:24. The people of Judah and Benjamin.
k) 1 Kings 19:21. Elisha, to follow Elijah.
l) 2 Kings 15:20. The king of Syria, after being paid by the children of Israel to go away/
m) Nehemiah 2:15. Nehemiah, into the city, after secretly inspecting its walls.
n) Job 34:27. The rebellious mighty men.
o) Psalm 78:57. Israel, from the Lord and acted unfaithfully.
p) Acts 7:39. The Jewish forefathers, to Egypt.
(This QT challenges me to go on, to go forward, They Turned Back)
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'A Defeated And Idolatrous Leader.'
Judges 18:26-27.
a) Micah was a weak and idolatrous leader, easily influenced by other people.
b) When defeated by the children of Dan, Micah just went back to his house.
c) All his idols and his idolatrous priest the children of Dan took with them.
(This Second one reveals to me A Defeated And Idolatrous Leader)
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Chris.
Joshua and his army turned back to take the City of Ai. There may be times that the Lord calls us, in some way, to turn back. There are many reasons why He may do this, but primarily, it is to do and remain in His Will. It may be a "spiritual" turning back, a restoration of our personal relationship with Him. It may be a "relational" turning back, that we are planning to marry outside of the Will of God, or that we involve with wrong friends. It may be "directional", returning to a Plan of God from which we have strayed. Whatever the reason, if God says: "Turn Back", we should obey Him.
