![]() ![]() She would not have brought healing and empowerment to a whole nation.īarak was told to “arise and take captive your captives” (5:12). She would not have extended her compassionate mother’s heart beyond her family to all of Israel. She would not have heard the Lord’s strategic battle plans as an intercessor. She would not have had wisdom and revelation to judge disputes. If Deborah had played small in her life, she would not have had all the experiences that led to her being used by the Lord to deliver Israel from bondage. She found encouragement and strength in worship to be obedient to everything the Lord was asking her to do. ![]() She used the place of trust and authority she had been given as a judge to inspire Barak to raise up an army.ĭeborah was a worshiping warrior. If she had not been obedient to act on what the Lord told her to do, nothing would have changed. They needed someone to inspire them, and the Lord chose Deborah. They were too tired and discouraged to fight. Notice the verse says no one in Israel would fight until Deborah “arose.” The Israelites were beaten down by 20 years of slavery. She saw all of Israel as her children and longed for all of her children (literal and figurative) to experience peace and security. But it is unclear who her children were: she was a mother “in Israel,” but also a mother “over Israel” (it can be translated both ways). Judges 5:7 says, “Villagers in Israel would not fight they held back until I, Deborah, arose, until I arose, a mother in Israel.” Of all the things Deborah could have legitimately called herself-judge, prophetess, deliverer, intercessor, worshiper-she chose to call herself a mother. The Lord was telling them to be alert and pay attention, as he was about to move in an extraordinary way. Yet Judges 5:12 says, “Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, break out in song! Arise, Barak! Take captive your captives, son of Abinoam.” Deborah and Barak needed to “wake up and arise” to a new revelation and dimension of their callings. She also had a prophetic gift, including knowing the times and seasons of the Lord. Judges 4:5 says, “She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided.” Deborah was a woman of great wisdom, revelation, and discernment. Deborah and Barak sang a song of praise, and Israel had peace for 40 years. The Israelites fought against King Jabin until they destroyed him. Jael took a hammer and pounded a tent peg into Sisera’s temple, killing him. Jael invited Sisera in and served him refreshments. Sisera goes to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber, because there was an alliance between King Jabin and Heber’s family. When Barak’s army advances, the Lord routs Sisera’s army, and Sisera flees on foot. Deborah agreed but told Barak the honor will not go to him, because the Lord will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman. She sent for Barak, a commander in Israel’s army, and told him to go and fight Jabin’s army led by Sisera.īarak said he would only go if Deborah went with him. At that time, Deborah was leading Israel as a judge. This went on for 20 years until the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help. The story of Deborah in Judges 4 and 5 begins like many of the stories in the Book of Judges-the Israelites sinned against the Lord, and he sold them out to King Jabin of Canaan. … ‘Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, break out in song! Arise, Barak! Take captive your captives, son of Abinoam.’” Introduction to Deborah in the Bible Villagers in Israel would not fight they held back until I, Deborah, arose, until I arose, a mother in Israel. “In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned travelers took to winding paths. Release me from any limitations I, others, or the enemy have put on my life that have kept me from the great plans you have for me, so that I might wake up and arise to shine the glory of the Lord! Amen. I thank you, Lord, that you love to do extraordinary things through ordinary people like me. ![]()
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