Deuteronomy 25: Amalek

As the journey to Canaan began, the Israelites met with and fought against Amalek (Exodus 17). Amalek was to pay a high price for this—as far as God was concerned. In today’s meditation, He tells them to blot the memory of Amalek out from under heaven. When the time came to inherit the land, Israel did not blot Amalek out. Hundreds of years later, Saul was told to do it—and he chose not to. It was a great tragedy (1 Samuel 15) and led to Saul’s ruin and death for him and others, including his own sons (1 Samuel 31). When God gives us a distasteful job to do, it is best that we do it.