Deborah and Barack - Leadership Crisis in Israel

The interaction between Deborah the prophetess and Barack the deliverer expose the spiritual and societal crisis in Israel during the days after Ehud the Judge. There is much we can learn today from the record we have of these days in scripture.

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Judges 5:6-8 spiritual and leadership problems led to hard times in Israel. The people had started to copy the Canaanite practice of worshiping Baal. God basically said, "if you want to be subject to Canaanite culture I will give you just that... I'll remove my protection and let them dominate you".
Israel was cruelly oppressed by the Canaanites. 1) they had all their weapons taken away so they could not defend themselves 2) the Canaanites controlled the main highways so people were afraid to travel 3) people abandoned the small towns which had no way to protect themselves. They moved to the cities that had walls built around them… which would cause a decline in agriculture.
Whatever crops they produced were likely to be stolen and confiscated when the well armed Canaanites swooped in. The people are suffering the consequences of bad choices.
God Want His People Present and Accounted For
Judges 5:9-12 some of the leaders of Israel were willing to take action and God was pleased with them. Other leaders chose to play the role, ride around on fancy white donkeys, and collaborate with the Canaanite overlords down in the flat valleys where the main roads were. The men of Israel… who were willing… gathered at the gates for action.
Deborah was filled with the spirit of prophecy and Barack was appointed as deliverer… God was not please that Barack did not have the spiritual drive of his own to fulfill God’s appointed tasks.