Here is today’s Bible reading:  Judges 1:1-2:9; Luke 21:29-22:13; Psalm 90:1-91:16; Proverbs 13:24-25.

Judges 2:3 (NIV)
Now therefore I tell you that I will not drive them out before you; they will be thorns in your sides and their gods will be a snare to you.”

The idolatry of the Israelites caused them to be less victorious than they should have been.  They short-circuited the power of God in their lives with their sin.  We do the very same thing.  How many Christians are walking around in defeat due to the sin they have allowed in their lives.

Proverbs 2:7 (NIV)
He holds victory in store for the upright,
he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,

May God make us upright and victorious.