Deborah told Barak that the Lord would deliver Sisera into a woman’s hands. After God routed his army, the commander fled to Jael’s tent and fell asleep. There, she killed him with a tent peg and hammer. The man who commanded nine hundred iron chariots had fallen to a woman with household tools, just as Deborah had foretold. We can become so impressed by rank, resources, and reputation that we overlook people who possess none of them. Yet God’s work has never depended upon our list of important people. Jael’s place in this victory gives us reason to look beyond impressive credentials when considering whom He can use. Nine hundred chariots could not keep God’s word from reaching one tent.
“So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.” —Judges 4:23
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