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| Thanks to the people who willingly offered themselves |
Thanks
to the people who willingly offered themselves
No
thanks to those invented excuses
Cursed
be those who came not to the help of the LORD
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Judges 5.
Judges
5 records Deborah's song of praise and thanksgiving unto the LORD for the great
deliverance of Israel through her, and her right-hand man Barak. Among many
other things, she gave proper acknowledgement to the people who gave themselves
willingly to that great cause. She also noted the others who neglected their
reasonable responsibility in the cause of the LORD their God.
Is
there a message to each one of us?
Of
the Zelubun and Napthali:
"Zebulun
and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the
high places of the field." 5:18
Of
Ephraim, and Benjamin
"Out
of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people."
5:14
Of Issachar:
"And
the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak."
5:15
Of
Reuben:
"For
the divisions of Reuben, there were great thoughts of heart. Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to
hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great
searchings of heart." 5:15b-16
Of
Gilead, Dan, and Asher:
"Gilead
abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the
seashore, and abode in his breaches." 5:17
Of
those from Meroz:
"Curse
ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to
the help of the LORD, to the help of the
LORD against the mighty." 5:23. [Please note, "said the angel of the
LORD."] 5:23
Which
group do you belong to among the people of God when it comes to the defence and
advancement of the cause of Christ Jesus?
