She later sang a song of victory, just as a way of continuing the Israelites tradition of immortalizing their victories in songs. She not only praised others but also thereby encouraged them to ongoing service and development as leaders. Deborah was a worshiping warrior. She found encouragement and strength in worship to be obedient to everything the Lord was asking her to do. Of all the things Deborah could have rightly called herself—judge, prophetess, warrior, deliverer, minstrel, worshiper—she chose to call herself a mother.
She was first and foremost a mother. This much seems clear. She saw and regarded all of Israel as her children, and she sincerely longed for their deliverance and peace.
The Bible says no one in Israel would arise and fight, until Deborah arose as a mother. She was ready to take the risk for the safety of her children!
Just like a mother would inspire her children to greatness, Deborah inspired and encouraged the Israelites. She used the place of trust and authority she had been given as a judge to inspire Barak to raise up an army. The story of Deborah in the Bible shows us that the Lord calls ordinary people to do extraordinary things that can only be accomplished through the Spirit of God.
There are several lessons to learn from the life of this extraordinary Bible character. Some of them are:. Although I was afraid, God gave me courage to follow Steve all the way to California. As we pulled into the town where our church was located, I began to cry and sort of panic. I thought, What are we doing? This church has been without a leader for two years. How can we make a difference? What about our children? Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
To this day I get chills when I recall how God encouraged me with His Word, and looking back on the past twenty years we can recount all the ways God has strengthened us. We could have stayed in Texas where we were comfortable, and we would have continued ministering in our church.
But oh what we would have missed. Stepping out in faith is never easy —— or practical. But when the Spirit gives you the zeal to lead others to follow Christ, He promises to be with you and to do through you more than you can imagine for His Kingdom and His glory.
The heroes recorded were simply ordinary people who God raised up in their generation. Reading their stories inspires me to wake up to do whatever God wants to do through my life, in my time —— how about you? The same God who inspired Deborah, is calling you to arise and do His will. Deborah is a role model of one who woke up and took action.
As she accomplished her everyday task as a judge, God called Deborah to increased opportunity to lead others to wake up and serve The Lord. Consider your own life.
Have you pondered how God might be calling you to wake up to lead others toward righteousness? Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. Have you viewed your children as arrows? Your [child] is an arrow you keep in your quiver for a short time. In history the influence of mothers [and fathers] has shaped nations, trained leaders, nurtured artists, and encouraged ordinary men [and women] to accomplish extraordinary feats.
Her words remind us that rape has been a weapon and sexual slavery a consequence of war for millennia. Jennifer L. Koosed, "Deborah", n. Koosed Associate Professor, Albright College. Koosed is professor of religious studies at Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Deborah, the only female judge in the Hebrew Bible, defeated the Canaanites with the help of her general Barak and Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite. View more. A system of rule with a monarch as its head; or the hereditary system passed from one monarch to another.
Othniel 7The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, forgetting the Lord their God, and worshiping the Baals and the Asherahs. Ehud 12The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord strengthened King Eglon of Moab against Israel, because they had done what Hebrew is regarded as the spoken language of ancient Israel but is largely replaced by Aramaic in the Persian period.
Evidence of a divine gift or divine favor, or the attractive leadership associated with such favor. Relating to or associated with people living in the territory of the northern kingdom of Israel during the divided monarchy, or more broadly describing the biblical descendants of Jacob. The set of Biblical books shared by Jews and Christians. A more neutral alternative to "Old Testament. Judges 5, a poetic account parallel to Judges 4 and attributed to the prophetess and judge Deborah. Just as bees follow their leader in a swarm, the Jewish people follow the sages and prophets to teach them.
Judge Deborah was one of the rulers of the Hebrews and the only female leader in the Old Testament. Exodus Judges sought guidance from the Lord by praying and meditating before proclaiming their ruling on a matter. Many of the judges were also thought of as prophets who articulated "a word from the Lord.
Deborah would sit under the palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the Israelites would line up for her to rule on a matter.
Barak responded by saying "If you will go with me, I will go; if not I will not go" Judges In the next verse, Deborah agrees to go to battle with Barak and the troops but share with him: "However, there will be no glory for you in the course you are taking, for then the Lord will deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman" Judges Judge and warrior Deborah went off to battle with Barak, and, as foretold in prophecy, Sisera fell at the hands of a woman — but not Deborah.
Some feel that Barak respected her as a leader and prophetess and willingly heeded her call. Others, however, concluded that his response in Judges pointed to his discomfort in taking orders from a woman, despite the esteem she is held in. In Judges 5 , we read Judge Deborah's story again, but this time as a poem.
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