Thursday, June 21, 2012
Faith's Check Book, Daily
Entry
C. H. Spurgeon
A Woman's War
The Lord shall sell Sisera into the hand of a
woman. (Judges 4:9)
Rather an
unusual text, but there may be souls in the world that may have faith enough to
grasp it. Barak, the man, though called to the war, had little stomach for the
fight unless Deborah would go with him, and so the Lord determined to make it a
woman's war. By this means He rebuked the slackness of the man, gained for Himself
the more renown, and cast the more shame upon the enemies of His people.
The Lord
can still use feeble instrumentalities. Why not me? He may use persons who are
not commonly called to great public engagements. Why not you? The woman who
slew the enemy of Israel was no Amazon but a wife who tarried in her tent. She
was no orator but a woman who milked the cows and made butter. May not the Lord
use any one of us to accomplish His purpose? Somebody may come to the house
today, even as Sisera came to Jael's tent. Be it ours not to slay him, but to
save him. Let us receive him with great kindness and then bring forth the
blessed truth of salvation by the Lord Jesus, our great Substitute, and press
home the command "Believe and live." Who knoweth but some stout-hearted
sinner may be slain by the gospel today!
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