Scripture Union Daily Guide 25th July 2025: Twisted religion and values
Daily Guide Devotional For Today 25 July 2025 (Friday)
Welcome to Scripture Union Daily Guide Devotional today. As you read, study and meditate, may the Lord Almighty reveal His essence to you in Jesus’ Name, Amen!
Scripture Union Daily Guide 25th July 2025 Today’s Devotional
Topic: Twisted religion and values
Opening Prayer
Make my life oh Lord a reflection of you as I study your word.
Bible Text
Judges 17:1-13
Meditation Question
► Q2: Is there any example for me to follow or not to follow?
Scripture Union Daily Guide 25th July 2025 Outline
The dark years of the Judges were widespread. Religion and faith became twisted with unclear and unstable values. It extended from the clan of Dan to the hill country of Ephraim. Micah’s name means, ‘who is like the LORD?’, and indeed, Micah’s life raised a lot of questions.
Micah’s mother pronounced curses for her lost silver, about 13kg! But the thief was her very own son! No wonder elders warn against throwing stones into the forest; you never know who it may hit. She quickly countered the curse with a blessing. Did the curse make Micah to confess? God’s word is clear: “Bless and do not curse” (Romans 12:14b). The stolen money was then dedicated to God but used “to make a carved image and a cast idol”, the very things God had forbidden (Deuteronomy 5:8-9).
It was given to the Lord but still under her control and wrongly used! This was a clear syncretism (i.e. the combination of different forms of religion). How does Judges 17:6 explain this twisted religion?
Read Judges 17:7-13 again. Why do you think the young Levite agreed to become a priest to Micah and his idols? What do you think of his action?
And So
Check your life, including music, church worship styles, fashion/dressing, etc. How much of worldliness are you copying?
Insight
* Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
Closing Prayer
Dear Lord, I hereby renew my absolute loyalty to you. Please save me from the temptation to do things my way, but to fully submit to you alone.
One Year Bible Reading Plan
Isaiah 1-3.
One Year Bible Reading Plan – Hard Copy version:
Isaiah 37-39; Psalms 76
