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<strong>Think</strong> Like Deborah<br />
before you” (Judges 4:14). And so the battle<br />
lines were drawn.<br />
Barak and his troops gathered alongside<br />
the Tabor Mountain. Before that, Sisera,<br />
Captain of the Canaan army had gathered<br />
his troops and chariots in the Kishon Valley<br />
(called Wadi), a dry riverbed. But it wouldn’t<br />
be dry for very long.<br />
Faith Can Move Mountains<br />
We see that Deborah moved into action<br />
based upon her faith, trusting in the Word<br />
she had heard from the LORD. However,<br />
given the crisis at hand, and the mighty<br />
army that was against them, was this really<br />
a job for a woman?<br />
What gave her the boldness to forcefully<br />
COMMAND her captain to act, and act now?<br />
And how did she think it was prudent for her<br />
captain to take with him a scrappy bunch of<br />
untrained fighters from the tribe of Naphtali<br />
and Nebulin? From where did this prophetess<br />
learn this great faith? Before we delve<br />
further into Deborah’s fierce bravery, let’s get<br />
a grasp of what we mean by faith, what it is,<br />
and how to create a lattice work around it.<br />
Based on Deborah’s example, we can<br />
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