The big themes of Judges surround the high cost of idolatry and unfaithfulness, as well as the ever-present faithfulness of God in spite of the failures of His people. The book of Judges points our hearts to hunger for a real king, a faithful king who leads in righteousness and justice. Judges doesn’t shield us from the hard truths of the wages of sin. Difficult though it may be to face, Judges shows us what happens when we stray from God, when we do things our own way, and when we trust in human wisdom and might over God’s goodness and sovereignty.