IMITATE THEIR FAITH/DEBORAH - "THE EARTH SHOOK, AND THE HEAVENS POURED"

 What would Barak and Deborah do as the ememy approached?  If they remained on the slopes of Mount Taboer, they have abd advantage  over the advancing Canaanite forces, for those chariots need flat open country to fight effectively. But Barak was to fight as Jehovah directed, so he waited for word from Deborah.  At  last, the moment came. She said:  "Rise up, for this day is the day that Jehovah will give Sisera into your hand.  Is Jehovah not going out before you?" "Barak descended from Mount Tabor with 10,000 men following him." - JUDGES 4:14. 

 The forces of Israel charged down the mountain and out onto the open, flat ground. heading right towards those fearsom machine of war.  Did Jehovah go out before them, as Deborah had promised?  The answer came very soon.  "The earth shook, and the heavens poured," we  read.   Sisera's proud forces were thrown into confusion. And down came the rain!  It came in such torrents, it seems, that the ground was quickly swamped.  Soon, the heavy iron-bearing chariots were more of a liability than an asset.  They sank into the miud and became hopeless bogged down. - JUDGES 4:14,, 15; 5:4. 

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