In this video listen to Judges 12 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

In Judges 12 the tribe of Ephraim is jealous of Jepthah’s victory and threatens to burn down his house. This is the second time that Ephraim has been jealous. This also happened when Gideon was victorious over the Midianites. They seem to not want to fight the enemy, but seem to want the credit after it is over. Occasionally we find this type of thing in the Body of Christ.

Some people think that unless it is them that does something, it doesn’t count. The truth is that God deliberately uses weak things to achieve his ends, and so it leaves Ephraimites - people of strength out in the cold. Isn’t a victory worth celebrating? Why then cause a fight over a victory? But in the body of Christ some people are not happy celebrating someone else’s success, ...