IMITATE THEIR FAITH/DEBORAH -"MOST BLESSED OF WOMEN"

One of the Canaanite enemies escaped-the worse of them all! Sisera, the great oppressor of God's people, fled the battlefield on foot. Leaving his men to die in the mire, he slipped past the Israelite soldiers and made his way to firmer ground, heading toward the nearest allies he could think of. Scurrying across miles of open terrain ever terrified that Israelite soldiers might find him, he headed to the tents of Heber, a Kenite who had broken away from the rest of his nomadic people to the south and established some kind of accord with King Jabin. -JUDGES 4:11, 17.

Exhausted, Sisera arrived at Heber's encampment. He found that Heber was not at home. But the man's wife Jael, was there. Sisera evidently assumed that Jael would honor her husband's accord with King Jabin. Perhaps it was inconceivable to him that a woman could act or even think differently from her husband. Sisera obviously did not know  how Jael!  Clearly, she had a choice before her. Either she cold aid this man or she could throw in her lot with Jehovah and strike a blow against this enemy of his people. But what could she do? How could a woman vanquish such a powerful, battle-hardened warrior? 

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