Bible In 90 Days – Day 18
Reading: Judges 3:28 – Judges 15:12
Take Away(s):
- Deborah. So, whoever said there weren’t power and confident women in the Bible? She was one of the five prophetesses in the bible. I love what the ESV Study Bible says about Deborah: While the pattern of apostasy continues (esp. 4:1–3), Deborah distinguishes herself as the most godly of all the judges; it is ironic that the most distinguished judge was a woman (4:8–9). She was a prophet (4:4) and “a mother in Israel” (5:7), and many sought out her judicial decisions at the “palm of Deborah” (4:5). She instructed Barak in the conduct of the battle (4:9, 14) and led in the victory song in ch. 5, where she figures prominently (5:7, 12, 15). Deborah’s actions and words consistently pointed to God, not away from him, in contrast to the poor choices of judges like Gideon, Jephthah, and Samson.
- Jael. The cool part of the account of Jael fooling then killing Jabin (the king of Canaan) is that she was used of GOD. Don’t miss this – God used and still uses women in profound ways to advance His kingdom and Gospel. Judges 4:23 On that day God subdued Jabin, the Canaanite king, before the Israelites.
- Gideon’s Ephod. I have a Tommy Walker devotional book that has a great take on the Judges 8:24-27 passage. It’s called Don’t Worship Worship and it is about how the people and Gideon ended up worshiping an instrument of worship (the Ephod) instead of the One who was to be worshiped. A good reminder to us to not worship the music, instruments, musicians, etc. that we use in worshiping got instead of God!
If you’re participating in BIND, what were your observations?
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