Think PRINT 5,25x8. FINAL 2

Think Like Deborah
In response, we are shown a God who is
faithful and forgiving of our missteps along
the way. Having done our part in the natural,
our role is to leave room for the work of
the heavens to collide with our actions, even
when we can’t see how it will all turn out.
But then again, sometimes, seeing the end
from the beginning is not our part of the job.
Seize the Opportunity
For Deborah and her people, something
was different about this day. A portal to
supernatural help had been opened up and
Deborah didn’t miss it by hesitating. Never
before in all of Israel’s history had God used
a strategy like this one.
Never before had a woman directed the
captain of the Israelite army. Deborah arose
with great urgency, and alerted Barak to
what the Lord had told her: “Hath not the
God of Israel commanded, saying ‘Go, and
draw toward Mount Tabor, and take with
thee 10,000 men of the children of Naphtali
and of the children of Zebulun’” (Judges 4:6).
God instructed Deborah only that He would
draw the enemy into a trap for the purpose
of delivering them into Barak’s hands. This
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