Key Verse: Verse 14 – “And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.”
Deborah’s tenacity motivated others to accomplish things they never thought possible. Barak was motivated to go into battle and rise victorious (verse 16).
Jael was motivated to strike a nail through the temple of Sisera, the captain of the army of the Canaanites. She literally nailed him to the floor.
Deborah was a great motivator because she asked for great things to be accomplished by ordinary people. That’s what great leaders do. They require, not just small things of us, but require great things of us.
During the height of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln often found refuge at a Presbyterian church in Washington, D.C. He would go with an aide, sit with his stovepipe hat in his lap, and never interrupt the meeting because the congregation would all be in a dither if they knew the president had come to sit in that midweek meeting. He sat off to the side, near the pastor’s study, as the minister would open the Scriptures and teach God’s Word and would lead the congregation in worship. The war was tearing the nation apart and tearing his soul. Having just lost his own son, Lincoln was on the bottom, and he needed solace and sustenance.
As the pastor finished his message and the people began to leave, the president stood quietly and straightened his coat and took his hat in hand and began to leave. The aide stopped him and said, “What did you think of the sermon, Mr. President?” He said, “I thought the sermon was carefully thought through, eloquently delivered.” The aide said, “You thought it was a great sermon?” He said, “No, I thought he failed.” “He failed? Well, how? Why?” “Because he did not ask of us something great.”
What to do:
✞ Remember, God uses ordinary people to accomplish great things for Him.
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