- An article about my name, Deborah -

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Deborah lived during a time when the Israelites were
oppressed by the Canaanites. Just a generation
earlier, the Israelites had defeated Canaan, but time
passed, and the people of God grew complacent.
Despite God's warning to remain pure, the Israelites
intermarried with their enemies and started
worshiping their gods. And the Canaanites, under the
rule of Jabin, had grown powerful and cruel.

It is into this setting that God appointed Deborah, a
prophetess, to be a judge. The position of judge was
the most powerful position at that time in the nation of
Israel. Although she wasn't the military leader, she
was the spiritual leader. This was a powerful position
for any person, but for a woman it was extraordinary.

As a prophetess and a judge, Deborah received
divine knowledge by the Spirit and was accustomed
to interpreting God's will. In addition to that, God
chose Deborah to be the rallying point for an entire
nation against their oppressor - the Canaanites. But
Israel was like a confused group of kids compared to
the might of the Canaanite army.

In the midst of these odds, Deborah heard God's
voice and spoke it. She sent for the leader of the
military and told him to gather 10,000 men and go to
the Kishon River, where the Lord would give Israel
success over their enemies.

I'm sure if Deborah looked at the rag-tag group of
Israelites with her own eyes, she might have
considered God's words to be impossible. How could
this group of downtrodden and overwhelmed people
rally and oppose an army the size and might of
Jabin's army?

Have you ever felt that way? Perhaps it's with your
responsibilities at work or at home. Maybe you've
been living in a difficult situation for a while and you
are losing hope. Perhaps you look at the world
around us and you feel the overwhelming oppression
of sin.

Many people give up beleiving God's truth in the face
of the overwhelming odds. They start walking by
sight and not by faith.

It's easy to see that people are compromising the
Word of God at an alarming rate - just like the
Israelites did 1000s of years ago. Christians step
willingly away from God's directive and feel justified
doing so because it's acceptable in the culture, or
legal.

But God's truth and character has not changed. He
still calls us to obey Him when it doesn't make
sense. He calls us to keep our eyes focused on Him,
instead of looking to the left and right.

Deborah trusted that God would do what He said.
And God proved Himself faithful. When the Israelites
obeyed, God routed the enemy and brought victory
and freedom to His people.

You and I can trust God too. God is still looking for
women to stand up for His truth in spite of
overwhelming odds. Look what happened when
Deborah did. Her family and her nation were freed
from oppression. What might God want to do when
you walk by faith and not by sight?

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I thank Grandma from giving me a divine name, Deborah. I believed she did not choose this name out of fun or because it sounds nice. Indeed, I do believe that she got it from God, since she was an intercessor.

Want to fulfill every single plan God has for my life....