Judges 6:31

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Judges 6:31
But Joash said to all who stood against him, "Will you contend for Baal, or will or will you deliver him? Whoever will plead for him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has torn down his altar."

To give you some back story, Joash is Gideons father. In the middle of the night, Gideon did as the Lord told him and took 10 of his servants and detroyed the altar of Baal. So in the morning, everyone who worshipped at the altar came and found it destroyed. They found out that Gideon had did it and went to his father and told him to bring out his son to be put to death and the verse above was Joah's reponse.
So why did I chooe this verse? I chose it because of the response of Gideons father. My favorite part is highlighted in my Bible. "If he is a god, let him contend for himself". The people stood up for this god that did nothing for them and wanted revenge. The thing that I love is God can contend for Himself! In 1st Kings, chapter 18, Elijah told the worshippers of Baal to show himself. They cried out to Baal and cut themelves with swords as usually done in the rituals of Baal. They cried out and nothing happened. So then Elijah called on the Lord and God visually answered. You see God can and does contend for Himself. God shows Himself in everything. There's a song called "The Sea Always Seems To Put Me At Ease" by Being As An Ocean. The song is about getting in an internal tiff about the presence and goodness of God. At the end of the song it turns around and says "For we see testimony of You in the sea,  Your creation, all of nature. So with a sudden rush, we abandon our solitary perching place. And as we wash away the mourning dust, Immersed; we see Your face." The sea always seems to put at ease. God always seems to put me at ease.