Barak trusted in the Prophet and not God's promise
Salomon de Bray - Jael, Deborah and Barak - WGA03141 (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Barak was a hero of early Israel, serving during the pre-monarch period when Deborah judged the nation (Judges 4–5). His great military feat was the complete rout of the Canaanite general, Sisera , and his army. However, in the process he learned the important distinction between imitating and idolizing the faith of a leader he respected. Deborah sat praying on the roof of Barak’s house in the small lakeside village of Kedesh-Naphtali. The afternoon shadows from the southwest hills lengthened into evening over the quiet Chinnereth . Deborah was there at Barak’s request — demand even. Through her, the Lord had called Barak to lead the attack on Sisera. But he had refused unless she agreed to come up with him from Ramah. She did, but his insistence had grieved her. Young military runners had kept her informed on the battle’s progress. She already knew it was a rout. That morning from Mt. Tabor she ha