Tola and Jair: The “Move-The-Ball-Forward” Judges – July 20, 2025
Pastor Jared Dyson
- Spiritual amnesia leads to sin.
Judges 9:5 (CSB)
5 He went to his father’s house; He killed 70 of his own brothers to become king over Shechem.
Judges 10:1-5 (CSB)
1 After the time of Abimelech, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo became Judge and began to deliver Israel. He was from Issachar and lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim. 2 Tola judged Israel twenty-three years and when he died, was buried in Shamir. 3 After him came Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel for twenty-two years. 4 He had thirty sons, who rode thirty donkeys. They had thirty towns in Gilead, which to this day are still called Jair’s villages today. 5 When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.
- God does not leave chaos unanswered—He raises up voices of clarity and courage.
Acts 13:21-22 (CSB)
21 Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 22 After removing him, he raised up David as their king and testified about him, I have found David, the son of Jesse to be a man after my own heart, who will carry out all my will.
- Leadership can be quiet and still be powerful
- Leadership calls for stewarding influence, not flaunting it.
- Who are you when no one is watching—and is that person leading others toward Christ?
- What does faithfulness look like in the unseen corners of your life?
- Who in your life needs your quiet presence more than your loud opinions?
- What’s one way you can lead this week—without a title, platform, or applause?
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