Deborah: Judges 4-5

Dis vrydag en ek is excited want ons is amper amper klaar met hierdie 30 dae program (wat in 6 weke ontaard het omdat ek net weeksdae gepost het)!! Kom ons check bietjie vir Deborah uit.

Judges 4:4-5 Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time. 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.

Hmpf! Very important person! Verder gaan die storie oor 'n battle teen Kanaan wat die Here vir Israel gegee het, en om eerlik te wees - oorlog en battle stories registreer gewoonlik nie 100% in my brein nie. As jy nou 'n metafoor moet gebruik om iets vir my te verduidelik, 'n oorlog metafoor gaan nie werk nie.

Judges 4:10 Barak summoned men from Zebulun and Naphtali, and ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah went with him.

Na die oorwinning sing sy 'n wilde lang lied, met hierdie stukkie (wat vir my bietjie opsom wat gebeur het):

Judges 5:7 Villagers in Israel would not fight;
they held back until I, Deborah, arose,
until I arose, a mother in Israel.

Wat vir my uitstaan van haar is haar boldness en sekerheid oor wat die Here se wil is. Ek dink dis 'n confidence wat ons almal graag sal wil hê.