Read Judges 4:1-7
After
Ehud died, the people of Israel sinned against the Lord again. 2So the Lord let them be conquered by Jabin, a Canaanite king who
ruled in the city of Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived at
Harosheth-of-the-Gentiles. 3Jabin had 900 iron chariots, and he
ruled the people of Israel with cruelty and violence for twenty years. Then the
people of Israel cried out to the Lord
for help.
4 Now
Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet, and she was serving as a judge
for the Israelites at that time. 5She used to sit under a certain
palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the
people of Israel would go there for her decisions. 6One day she sent
for Barak son of Abinoam from the city of Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him,
“The Lord, the God of Israel, has
given you this command: ‘Take ten thousand men from the tribes of Naphtali and
Zebulun and lead them to Mount Tabor. 7I will bring Sisera, the
commander of Jabin’s army, to fight against you at the River Kishon. He will
have his chariots and soldiers, but I will give you victory over him.’ ”
Think
Last week the people promised
to serve God; and the generation that made that promise kept it. But the next generation and the next
failed. The phrase: "Then the
people of Israel sinned against the Lord and..." Is a refrain in the book
of Judges.
But God raised up Judges who
would set the people on the right path again.
Pray
Lord, thank you for those who
speak up for you when we wander away.
Help me to hear you calling me back.
And guide me as I do my best to call others back to you.
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