After the death of Ehud, the israelites again started disobeying the LORD. Deobrah the wife of Lappidoth was a prophetess and a leader of Israel during those days. She would sit under Deborah's Palm Tree between Remah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would come and ask her to settle their legal cases. One day, Barak the son of Abinoam was in Kedesst in Naphtali, and Deborah sent word for him to come and talk with her. When he arrived, she said: I have a message for you from the LORD God of Israel. You are to get together an army of ten thousand men from Naphtali and Zebulun tribes and lead them to Mount Tabor. The LORD will trick Sisera into coming out to fight you at the Kishon River. Sisera will be leading King Jabin's army as usual, and they will have their chariots, but the LORD has promised to help you defeat them Jabin grew weaker while the Israelites kept growing stronger, and at last the Israelites destroyed him.
In the opening verse, we see that Israel once again fell into the pattern of disobedience following the death of Ehud who was a deliverer to them. In God's providence, he uses both men and women to fulfill his plans. Within the whole story of the text, it showed that the leader of the Israeli army had his doubts about overcoming the Canaanites, especially with as few men as Deborah was commanding him. In the long run, the honor for the victory belonged to Deborah, because she placed her hope in the Living God of Israel.
Daily Prayer: Lord, it is by faith that I am able to know you and be about my father's business. Like Elisha of old, who requested a double portion of faith, I too request fortfied faith to help me live out my salvation. In your holy name I pray Amen.
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