Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Summary-- Ehud died, and the Isrealites did evil in the lords eyes again, but then they cried out to God for help, and he oppressed the people of Isreal for 20 years. Deborah sat under a tree and she was judging Isreal at the time. People would come up to her and they would be judged. She then is asked by  Barak to join him and go to sisera with him. She then joins him and 10000 men and goes. They then go and approach the people of sisera, and they are waiting with 900 pound Iron chariots. God then Interferes and eventually and siserans retreat in fear. All of them died. Then sisera fled away in  tent. He then walks into the tent and Deborah covers him with a rug...... and she then tells him to stand by the door and if anyone asks if someone is in there he must say no. Then Jael took a tent peg and stabbed his temple with is, and he died. Then the people pressed and pressed against the king of Cannan, until he fell.

VERSE--- Judges 4:3 Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help, for he had 900 chariots of iron and he oppressed the people of Israel cruelly for twenty years.) This stuck out to me because it confused me, that if the people cried out to God for help, why did he oppress them? 

Application-- The only application That came to mind is kind of reffering back to the verse, if I understood correctly, God did not help the Isrealites. It made me think of how sometimes when I pray for God to help me, or I ask God for something. Sometimes he just simply says no, ive never gotten angry at God, but sometimes I get a little bummed. But it just made me think that God did not oppress me after all the sinful things ive done. It made me thankful. 

1 comment:

  1. These situations can be difficult, but we must understand that He sees the bigger picture and has a plan in mind that we may not always understand right away. Judges also teaches us that God's grace has limits when His people are unfaithful to Him. 14/15- can you think of more specific examples from your life?

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