CALLING ALL YOU DEBORAHS!

Image result for CLIP ART OF THE JUDGE dEBORAH  A call goes out to women...be a Deborah from Judges 4.  Again the sons of Israel have done evil after their judge-military leader dies and they are being sorely harassed and greatly oppressed by Sisera.  Sisera is the commander of the military for the king of Canaan.  At this time, Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth is judging Israel.  What a woman: her roles, judge, deliverer, wife, and a military leader. God has told Deborah to command Barak to fight the Canaanites and she will draw out Sisera and his chariots and troops.  Her words..."I will give him into your hand."  Don't you love her courage and gutsy attitude? What is really interesting is that Barak states to her if she will go with him, he will go.  If she doesn't go with him, "I will not go".  Read her stern reply and I just betcha her hands were on her hips:  "I will surely go with you; nevertheless, the honor shall not be yours on the journey that you are about to take, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hands of a woman." In my mind, this seems intimidating for this time period. Minor detail...the Canaanites only had 900 iron chariots!  In the heat of the battle, the Canaanites are being hammered and Sisera flees.  He flees to the tent of Jael thinking he would find protection since Sisera and her husband are at peace with one another. She invites him into her tent and while he is sleeping, she murders him with a tent peg through his temple.  Gruesome enough for you?  The Canaanites lose the battle and Sisera dies by the hand of a woman.  The sons of Israel are at peace and rest for the next 40 years. 

As Women, I think we need to become more vocal and verbal for the sake of righteousness.  We must stand for moral integrity and model to our sons and daughters the demeanor of a godly woman.  We are not "weak women weighed down with sins and led on by various impulses, always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."  2 Timothy 4:6-7 I "druther" see a multitude of women marching for godiness and being willing to hold up the standard for godly parenting and marriages.  May we as women and men be willing to stand and fight the good fight of the faith for the sake of the kingdom.  Thy kingdom come and Thy will be done on earth and may we be courageous prayer warriors for our homes, husbands, families, and children.  Rally the troops, Deborahs!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

THOSE SEEING CAN BECOME BLIND

Image
John 9 is the story of the healing of the blind beggar.  Not only is it a marvelous story of the miraculous healing of the man as he is given his sight, but a sad story of the religious of whom Jesus said, "For judgment, I have come into this world, so that the blind will see, and those who see will become blind ." The religious have seen the miracle, even though it has taken place on a Sabbath, and they interview the man and his parents for their stories and understanding. I find it so thrilling that the healed man speaks so articulately and logically with the religious in their "interview" with him.  His statement, " Now that is remarkable!  You don't know where HE comes from, yet HE opened my eyes.  We know that God does not listen to sinners.  He listens to the godly man who does His will.  Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God, He could do nothing." What truth he has spoken to the religious wh...
Read more

REHEARSALS

Image
  I wonder how much time do I give to rehearsing God's goodness and how He has intervened in my life to "save" me from myself?  How alike the Israelites I can be, complaining about what goes wrong, how it affects me, and what I lack.  As a Christ follower, I have the Indwelling Holy Spirit to give me remembrance NOT of my complaining and grumbling, but of a recall of God's faithfulness to me.  It is recorded in Psalms 78 and 106 that " They forgot what He had done, the wonder He had shown them", "They did not remember His power--the day He redeemed them from the oppressor...", "They did not remember Your many kindnesses, and they rebelled by the sea, the Red Sea.", "But they soon forgot what He had done and did not wait for His counsel.", and "They forgot the God who saved them, who had done great things in Egypt...". Contrast with me, God's remembrance: Ps. 106:44-46, "But He took note of their distress...
Read more

A DONKEY SPEAKS!

Image
    Numbers has been full of repetitive accounts of the Israelites and their disobedience.  They have now made several laps around Mt. Sinai, many of the original people have died off, or been killed for their arrogant and presumptuous actions against the LORD, Moses, and Aaron. The overriding truth of the accounts is the merciful grace of the LORD! Moses is in his last days of leadership.  The forty years are coming to an end and they are moving toward a second attempt to enter the Promise Land.  They have been victorious in taking land, and they are moving further into the interior of the land of Moab.  The king and the residents of Moab are "filled with dread because of the Israelites.  The king of Moab, Balak, sends messages to Balaam, who is a sorcerer and is able to to place curses or blessings on others.  King Balak wants to know how to defeat "this horde" that is licking up everything around them.  Of course, he is desirous th...
Read more