Read: Judges 4:1-5:31; Luke 22:35-53; Psalm 94:1-23; Proverbs 14:3-4
Once again, Israel rebelled and God gave them over to Jabin, king of Canaan. They cruelly oppressed Israel for 20 years. God raised up a prophetess named Deborah to deliver them. She told Barak to lead Israel to victory but he wouldn’t go without her so she told him that since he was afraid, he would not get the victory.
Sure enough, since he hid behind a woman, a woman got the victory. Jael killed Sisera, the commander of Barak’s army with a tent peg. She became the hero and the land had peace for 40 years.
In Luke, Jesus had led his disciples to the Mount of Olives where he spent his last night with them in prayer. While Jesus prayed so fervently that he sweat drops of blood, his disciples nodded off to sleep. When Judas walked up and kissed him, Jesus confronted him with his real reason - which was to betray him. He also confronted the chief priests and elders about how were wrongly arresting him. He asked them why they didn’t do it in the daylight and then answered his own question with, “But this is your hour - when darkness reigns.” He was letting them know that he knew their source and it wasn’t God.
I love how Jesus is not afraid to confront deception. He loves the truth.
Lord, help us to stand up for the truth and not be afraid to confront the darkness and expose it. Help us to be children of the light.
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