A Devotion from A.B. Simpson

“And when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer … who

delivered them, even Othniel … Caleb’s younger brother. And the Spirit of the Lord came

upon him.” (Judges 3:9, 10)

God is preparing His heroes; and when opportunity comes, He can fit them into their place

in a moment, and the world will wonder where they came from.

Let the Holy Ghost prepare you, dear friend, by the discipline of life; and when the last

finishing touch has been given to the marble, it will be easy for God to put it on the pedestal,

and fit it into its niche.

There is a day coming when, like Othniel, we, too, shall judge the nations, and rule and reign

with Christ on the millennial earth. But ere that glorious day can be we must let God prepare

us, as He did Othniel at Kirjath-sepher, amid the trials of our present life, and the little victories,

the significance of which, perhaps, we little dream. At least, let us be sure of this, and if the

Holy Ghost has an Othniel ready, the Lord of Heaven and earth has a throne prepared for him.