Dare to Be an Ehud, the Left-Handed Deliverer

Daily Scripture Threshing for Today, Monday, September 28, 2026

Today's Text: Judges 3:12–30

Key Verse: Judges 3:15 (KJV) — “But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man left-handed: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.”

Israel had again done evil in the sight of the LORD, and God permitted Eglon king of Moab to strengthen himself against them. For eighteen painful years, the people of God lived under a foreign yoke. Their inheritance was occupied, their strength was restrained, and their dignity was taxed by an enemy sitting in a palace built upon Israel’s pain. But when Israel cried unto the LORD, God did not leave them beneath Moab’s oppression. He raised up Ehud—a Benjamite, a man left-handed, an unlikely deliverer. Dare to be an Ehud: dare to believe that God can use the very thing others overlook, question, or misunderstand to accomplish His purpose through your life.

Ehud came from Benjamin, a tribe whose name means “son of the right hand,” yet he was identified as a man restricted in his right hand—or, as many understand the phrase, uniquely skilled with his left. What might have seemed like a limitation became a divine strategy. Ehud made a two-edged dagger and fastened it upon his right thigh, beneath his garment, where the guards would not ordinarily search a man presumed to draw a weapon with his right hand. The enemy’s assumptions became the doorway for Israel’s deliverance. Dare to be an Ehud: refuse to despise your difference. What people call a weakness may become the very instrument God places in your hand to overthrow what has oppressed you and those around you.

Ehud did not wait for perfect conditions, public applause, or a large army before he obeyed God. He carried the tribute to Eglon, completed the assignment before him, dismissed the people who were with him, and returned alone with a message: “I have a secret errand unto thee, O king” (Judges 3:19). It was not a message designed to entertain a corrupt ruler; it was a mission born in the secret counsel of God. Ehud understood that some victories are prepared in private before they are announced in public. Dare to be an Ehud: develop spiritual courage in the hidden place. Let God forge your weapon, settle your obedience, and prepare your heart before He unveils His deliverance through your life.

When the moment came, Ehud acted with holy boldness. He did not permit fear to paralyze him before a powerful king. He did not negotiate with the oppression that had enslaved his people for eighteen years. He struck at the root of tyranny, escaped by the porch, sounded the trumpet in mount Ephraim, and rallied Israel to possess what God had given them. “Follow after me,” he declared, “for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand” (Judges 3:28). God gave Israel victory, and the land had rest for fourscore years. Dare to be an Ehud: after God gives you personal courage, use your voice to call others into freedom, faith, and holy action.

Ehud reminds us that deliverance does not always arrive in the form people expect. God may raise a left-handed man from a small tribe, equip him with an unconventional strategy, and use him to bring down a king who seemed untouchable. The LORD is not limited by human expectations, cultural categories, physical disadvantages, or the intimidating size of the opposition. He looks for yielded vessels who will place their distinctiveness, skill, burden, and obedience in His hand. Dare to be an Ehud: let God turn your perceived limitation into a liberating weapon for your family, church, community, and generation.

Therefore, do not curse the hand God has given you. Do not shrink because your path is different, your gift is uncommon, or your preparation does not resemble another person’s. Ehud’s left hand was not an accident; in the hand of God, it became part of Israel’s rescue. God still raises deliverers in unexpected places. He still equips ordinary people with uncommon courage. He still breaks long-standing oppression through those willing to answer His call. Dare to prepare. Dare to obey. Dare to confront. Dare to lead others into the freedom that God has already purposed.

Action Steps: Identify one difference, limitation, setback, or overlooked gift you have been tempted to despise. Bring it before God today and ask Him to make it an instrument of service and deliverance. Prepare privately for the assignment God has placed in your heart. Then take one courageous, prayerful step against the oppression, fear, compromise, or bondage that has lingered too long in your life, family, or community. Blow the trumpet of faith and encourage someone else to follow the LORD into freedom.

Quote for the Day: “What men dismiss as weakness, God may sharpen as a weapon; dare to place your uncommon hand in His hand, and watch Him turn limitation into liberation.” — (Simon Olatunji #quotablequotes)

Let Us Pray: Heavenly Father, thank You because You do not reject me because I am different, overlooked, limited, or imperfect. Like Ehud, make me available for Your purpose and give me courage to confront every oppression standing against Your will for my life, family, church, and generation. Sharpen every gift You have placed within me, teach me to prepare in secret, and help me to walk in bold obedience when the moment comes. Let every long-standing yoke be broken by Your mighty hand, and make my life an instrument of freedom, hope, and godly deliverance—in Jesus’ most glorious name. Amen.

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Thank you for threshing the Word with me today. For further study on this topic, please read: Judges 3:7–30; Judges 4:1–10; Judges 6:11–16; Judges 7:1–8; 1 Samuel 16:6–13; Zechariah 4:6–10; 1 Corinthians 1:26–29; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10.

With all my love and prayers,

Simon Wale Olatunji, Ph.D.

Your Darling Bishop (DaBishop)

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