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By a Woman's Hand

By a Woman's Hand

Saturday, February 1, 2025

Judges 4:4

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Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.

Judges 4:4, LSB

It is not always clear why God chooses who He chooses to lead at any given time, but during a period of great oppression after the people of Israel had been unfaithful to God and He desired to bring them back to Himself we find Deborah. A wife and probable mother, though we are not given those details, was set apart by God to be a judge and to free the people of Israel from the oppression of the king of Canaan. She did not choose this role, but God chose her, and this is how it is with God. God chooses His people to do what He desires for His reasons and His mind is not like our own. We cannot fully know the mind of God, but we are called to seek after His heart and, through His word, follow His will. It isn’t out of our confidence that we are called to lead, but out of trust in Him who calls us. We don’t need to know all the ins and outs but seek after His plan and know that He is not unaware of the struggles that lie before us. We may find what seem to be insurmountable obstacles as we overcome the odds placed before us, but if it be His will we will find great rewards awaiting us. For the time, Deborah would not have been a conventional choice to lead but we can see through her story the great victory fought by men but won at the hand of a woman. We do not necessarily understand the reasons, but we can trust in the purposes of God and know His will and His love for His people. In this, we may know His peace.

Let us pray. I thank you, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, your dear Son, that you have kept me this night from all harm and danger, and I ask you to protect me this day also from sin and every evil, that in all I do today, I may please you. For into your hands, I commend myself, my body and soul, and all that is mine. Let your holy angel watch over me, that the wicked foe have no power over me. Amen.

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