Aim: To be the honored and honorable bride of Christ (as the church).
Doctrine: Christ's bride (like Othniel's bride) is given abundant blessing (in His atonement). She is a prize worth possessing, because of what God would miraculously do, in saving her.
Exegesis: The fullest expression of today's text: Jesus heroically procured His bride (vv. 12-13); Christ's bride (the church) may ask for bounteous provision (vv. 14-15a); our heavenly Father gladly grants us more than we can ask or imagine (v. 15b).
Further application: How the blessings of the bride are to be stewarded by the church today: through our heartfelt Sunday worship of the Trinity, and through our daily faith-walk in Christ.
Key verse: v. 15 ''So she said to him, 'Give me a blessing; since you have given me land in the South, give me also springs of water.' And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.''
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Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.