Wanted
Week 1: God Before Us (Deborah & Barak)
Setting the scene:
Judges 1:1-3, 1:19-33, 2:1-3, 2:10, 3:7, 3:12, 1 Samuel 15:22-23, Psalm 139:23-24
If our Christianity is based on following a PERSON or a PROGRAM, then it probably isn’t PERSONAL.
Partial OBEDIENCE makes SLAVES of us all.
If we aren’t OBEDIENT to what we already know, then we should stop asking for the NEXT STEPS.
Deborah: No EXCUSE given; no EXCUSE necessary.
Going against the odds
Judges 4, 5:4-5, 5:20-21, 6:1, Philippians 4:10-13
There may be a big difference between “God being WITH US” and “God being AHEAD OF US.”
By definition, FOLLOWING God means He is OUT IN FRONT.
If God is out in front, then let’s never forget the POWER of His MIGHT and His use of the MINUTIAE.