Judges 3:24

Judges 3:24 says, When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.  After Ehud left, Eglon's servants noticed that his door was locked.  They thought he was sleeping  and didn't want to disturb him.  Verse twenty five adds, And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.  Eventually, they were ashamed of their inaction in not checking on Eglon, so they opened the door and found him fallen down dead.  We can assume they didn't immediately see the knife, because it was hidden in his fat.  Verse twenty-six continues, And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.  While the servants waited to check on Eglon, Ehud escaped.  We could say he was fortunate in being able to dispose of the king and escape, but I would say that God was with him in both cases.  We may sometimes tend to write things off to fate or good fortune when we should be praising God for blessing us.  Verse twenty-seven states, And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.  After Ehud escaped, he blew the trumpet to call the people of Israel to him, and they came.  One day, the trumpet of the Lord is going to sound to call all His people, not to war, but to everlasting victory.  Verse twenty-eight adds, And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.  Ehud called on them to follow him, because the LORD had delvered their enemies the Moabites into ther hands.  Today, we are to call people to follow Jesus Christ, because He has given us everlasting victory over all our enemies.  Of course, the people of Israel had to put their faith in Ehud's declaration, just as people today have to put their faith in our declaration of the gospel.  Verse twenty-nine continues, And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.  The Israelites killed ten thousand men at that time, all who were fit and ready for war.  No matter how strong our enemies may be today, as long as we are faithful to Jesus Christ, He has already given us the victory.  Verse thirty says, So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.  The Moabites were subdued that day, and Israel was at peace for eighty years.  God has subdued all our enemies spiritually if we are followers of Christ, and we have not eighty years but everlasting peace through our faith in Him.  Verse thirty-one adds, And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.  After Ehud, Shamgar was the judge of Israel.  Matthew says that Shamgar acted in a different part of Israel to deliver them from the Philistines.  We can accurately say that God always has someone ready to do His work, as long as that person is willing to follow Him by faith.