A Brief Mention
Poor Shamgar... His work in Israel's history is but a brief footnote amongst all the details and stories of other judges, small and great. It forces me ask the question, why? What caused his time of Judgment to be only a short mention? Killing 600 philistines with an oxgoad doesn't sound like a small feat. And why is the statement "he also saved Israel" kind of tacked on to the end of the verse? Isn't that significant?
...Maybe it's in the insignificance we can find significance. It's not the work of man that should be lauded, but God; After all, we can do nothing of significance in our own strength, anyway. Maybe Shamgar was called to judge, but did it in his own strength and wisdom. Maybe he prayed to God that his work would be minimalized in history, and God's work be trumpeted.
Either way, length and importance aside, Shamgar had a mention in the Bible. Can you say that?
...Maybe it's in the insignificance we can find significance. It's not the work of man that should be lauded, but God; After all, we can do nothing of significance in our own strength, anyway. Maybe Shamgar was called to judge, but did it in his own strength and wisdom. Maybe he prayed to God that his work would be minimalized in history, and God's work be trumpeted.
Either way, length and importance aside, Shamgar had a mention in the Bible. Can you say that?
