May 27, 2010
After Ehud died the Israelites turned their backs on God again. Deborah is now judge. She calls for Barak and tells him the LORD would hand Sisera and his 900 chariots over to the Israelites. What just amazes me as I read this account is how God had every detail worked out, years ahead of time, for HIS plan. Here is what God prepared.
Heber left his group and pitched his tent near Kedesh, the same area Barak was from and near the Kishon river. (God is putting his plan in place.) Barak follows Deborah's (God's) instructions. Heber and his wife Jael are friendly with the enemy King Jabin. They let him know that Barak is planning a battle. (Again, God's plan.) Sisera the commander of Jabin's army prepares his 900 iron chariots and his men and goes out to meet Barak and his ten thousand men. Deborah tells Barak, "Get up! Today is the day the LORD will hand over Sisera. The LORD has already cleared the way for you." So Barak approached the enemy, and when he did, the LORD confused Sisera and his army and the LORD defeated them. Not one was left alive except for Sisera—and he ran away. Where did he run to? Heber and Jael's tent. Remember, they were friendly with King Jabin. Sisera goes into the tent thinking he would be perfectly safe. He asks for water. Jael treats him like royalty and gives him milk, calls him my Lord, covers him up, and while he was sleeping she drives a tent peg into his head and kills him. God had everything in place. For years His plan was being put into motion.
I love Judges 4:23 - "On that day God defeated Jabin... in the sight of Israel." Verse 24 says they "became stronger and stronger against Jabin... until finally they destroyed him." It was over in their eyes before it actually happened.
We feel the exact same way. We are still technically trapped in "the storm" lawsuit, but in our hearts and mind, it is over. We understand there is no logic in that statement, but faith is believing the things that you cannot see, and we believe. (Hebrews 11:1) We still believe that today. It is over. The battle has been won even though "the storm" is still ongoing. God has promised us, and we believe Him. We have done everything we feel God has led us to do. We believe God, by HIS great power, will free us from "the storm." Not man, not happenstance, and not luck. God and God alone, so only HE gets the glory for what He has done.
Addendum: 12/4/13 ~ We still believe that it will be God alone that frees us from "the storm." The LORD—He is the One.
Next Entry: Judges 6:1 – 7:25
After Ehud died the Israelites turned their backs on God again. Deborah is now judge. She calls for Barak and tells him the LORD would hand Sisera and his 900 chariots over to the Israelites. What just amazes me as I read this account is how God had every detail worked out, years ahead of time, for HIS plan. Here is what God prepared.
Heber left his group and pitched his tent near Kedesh, the same area Barak was from and near the Kishon river. (God is putting his plan in place.) Barak follows Deborah's (God's) instructions. Heber and his wife Jael are friendly with the enemy King Jabin. They let him know that Barak is planning a battle. (Again, God's plan.) Sisera the commander of Jabin's army prepares his 900 iron chariots and his men and goes out to meet Barak and his ten thousand men. Deborah tells Barak, "Get up! Today is the day the LORD will hand over Sisera. The LORD has already cleared the way for you." So Barak approached the enemy, and when he did, the LORD confused Sisera and his army and the LORD defeated them. Not one was left alive except for Sisera—and he ran away. Where did he run to? Heber and Jael's tent. Remember, they were friendly with King Jabin. Sisera goes into the tent thinking he would be perfectly safe. He asks for water. Jael treats him like royalty and gives him milk, calls him my Lord, covers him up, and while he was sleeping she drives a tent peg into his head and kills him. God had everything in place. For years His plan was being put into motion.
I love Judges 4:23 - "On that day God defeated Jabin... in the sight of Israel." Verse 24 says they "became stronger and stronger against Jabin... until finally they destroyed him." It was over in their eyes before it actually happened.
We feel the exact same way. We are still technically trapped in "the storm" lawsuit, but in our hearts and mind, it is over. We understand there is no logic in that statement, but faith is believing the things that you cannot see, and we believe. (Hebrews 11:1) We still believe that today. It is over. The battle has been won even though "the storm" is still ongoing. God has promised us, and we believe Him. We have done everything we feel God has led us to do. We believe God, by HIS great power, will free us from "the storm." Not man, not happenstance, and not luck. God and God alone, so only HE gets the glory for what He has done.
Addendum: 12/4/13 ~ We still believe that it will be God alone that frees us from "the storm." The LORD—He is the One.
Next Entry: Judges 6:1 – 7:25
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