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Bible Reading: Judges 4
Key Verse: Verse 4 - “And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged
Israel at that time.”
Key Words: And Deborah
Have you ever read the
story of Deborah? She was a prophetess,
a wife, and a judge in Israel. To say
she was a leader would be an understatement.
In our text we see
Deborah, the warrior. Deborah led ten
thousand warriors into battle against Jabin and the army of Canaan.
As Deborah and her army
arrives at the battlefield, they see Sisera with his nine hundred chariots of
iron. Though they had far inferior
equipment, they rose as one when Deborah said, “Up; for this day is the day in
which the Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand:...” (Judges 4:14), and so
it was. Deborah was indeed a picture of
courage, as we all should be.
Now our courage may not be
on foreign soil in the heat of battle, it may be on our job or in our
community; but we still need to be courageous for God’s glory.
Peter Cartwright, a 19th-century
circuit-riding preacher, was an uncompromising man. One Sunday morning when he was to preach, he
was told that President Andrew Jackson was in the congregation and was warned
not to say anything out of line. When
Cartwright stood to preach he said, “I understand that Andrew Jackson is
here. I have been requested to be
guarded in my remarks. Andrew Jackson
will go to hell if he doesn’t repent.”
The congregation was shocked and wondered how the President would
respond. After the service, President
Jackson shook hands with Peter Cartwright and said, “Sir, if I had a regiment
of men like you, I could whip the world.”
Can God count on you to be
courageous in the spiritual warfare of today?
What to do:
✞ Ask God to give you the
courage to stand daily for righteousness
for God’s glory.
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