Barak said to her, “If you go with me, I will go; but if you don’t go with me, I won’t go.” – Judges 4:8
Conditional obedience is disobedience. | WATCH ON YOUTUBE
After the death of Ehud, the prophet, the Bible says, Israelites again did evil in the eyes of the Lord. And so, the Lord sold them into the hands of Jabin, the king of Canaan. His commander, Sisera, cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years. The people cried to the Lord. The Lord raised up Deborah.
Deborah was the unique combination of a judge and prophetess. The only other one, who was both a judge and prophet, was Samuel. Deborah was also a good singer and songwriter.
Deborah called Barak and said to him, that the Lord God of Israel was commanding him to take his army and go up to Mount Tabor. And that she would bring Sisera and his armies there for battle. Barak responds by saying he will go only if Deborah would go with him.
His conditional obedience causes him to lose the blessing of the victory. Deborah prophesies that the victory would go to a woman. God does deliver His people from Sisera, but not through Barak. Sisera ends up in the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite and she drives a tent peg through Sisera’s forehead when he was asleep.
When you put conditions on your obedience, God doesn’t lose; you do.
What conditions are you laying before you obey what the Lord has asked you to do?
Lord, help me obey you fully and unconditionally, I pray.
Extended Reading — Judges 3-5
Read through the Bible in One Year: CLICK HERE
Links to Related Resources
Bible Gateway | Enduring Word | Bible Study Fellowship | FRMS YouVersion Plans
0 Comments