How many times have I made the same mistake as the leaders of Israel made in this chapter? I have a decision to make, and I rely on my own “wisdom and intelligence” to gather what I think is the appropriate information to make the right call, and everything blows up in my face because I didn’t seek the Lord.

As Solomon said in Ecclesiastes 1:9, there is nothing new under the sun. Seems like each generation has to learn from their own mistakes, huh?