GOD STORIES Deborah Part 4 of 10

God does not us to chaos. 

Then the Lord raised up judges, who saved them out of the hands of these raiders. Yet they would not listen to their judges but prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. They quickly turned from the ways of their ancestors, who had been obedient to the Lord’s commands. Whenever the Lord raised up a judge for them, he was with the judge and saved them out of the hands of their enemies as long as the judge lived; for the Lord relented because of their groaning under those who oppressed and afflicted them. But when the judge died, the people returned to ways even more corrupt than those of their ancestors, following other gods and serving and worshiping them. They refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways. Judges 2:16-19

We like what we ourselves to.

But their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands. They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see. They have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell. They have hands, but cannot feel, feet, but cannot walk, nor can they utter a sound with their throats. Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them. Psalm 115:4-8

Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, now that Ehud (the judge) was dead. Judges 4:1 

Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the Lord for help. 

Judges 4:3

God does not abandon us to chaos. He  into it.

I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him. Psalm 40:1-3

Your does not God away.

“Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth , was judging Israel at that time.” Judges 4:4 (ESV)

“Has not the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded you,” 

Judges 4:6 (ESV)

The you desire might be on the other side of to God.

“If you will go with me, I will go, but if you will not go with me, I will not go.” Judges 4:8 (ESV)

“Up! For this is the day in which the Lord has given Sisera into your hand. Does not the Lord go out before you?” Judges 4:14 (ESV) 

God has gone you.

The Bible tells life as it is, not merely as it  be.

And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.” Genesis 3:15 (NLT)

God brings . But he allows ordinary to participate in it.

In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. Judges 21:25 (ESV)

They need a . .

All translations in New International Version unless noted