Day 73 | Judges 11–12 — A Deal He Didn’t Need to Make — Jephthah’s Vow and the Cost of Contract Faith | Bible in a Year

Nothing ruins a relationship faster than turning it into a negotiation. Jephthah is a brilliant deal-maker — with his family, with his enemies, and tragically, with God. He didn't need to make a vow with God. The victory was already his. But once everything becomes a contract, even a daughter becomes collateral, and even old friends become casualties of a war that should have never been fought.Here we consider vows, self-reliance, tragedy, misplaced trust, and a Father who was never a negotiating partner to begin with.