Am I a Deborah?

Women in leadership. That is a mouth full. Before I go on I would like you to realized this subject has been in my thoughts since a child. The year I was born my aunt went to be a missionary and now teaches at a seminary. My MIL was an evangelist, married my FIL knowing he was against it and she has been battling him on wanting her own ministry again.

I believe that most women today what(and that word is the key word-want) to be Deborah. They forget why woman was created. Genesis 2:18 "And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him."

Our first position as a woman is to the man. I believe women of today do not want to take the Bible as a whole for context. They just want to pick one or two scriptures and build upon that.

At the time of Deborah people were very wicked. As a woman I really would not want credit for winning the battle because the male leader did not have faith. Judges 4:8-9. I just think of Barak as a wimp, has to have a woman escort him. What does that show for the condition of the nation. So, women want to use that as their excuse for leading. And so many husbands just sit back and let it go. Why is that?

Is not it more admirable to wait on the Lord, stand back out of the light and let God work in the lives of the 'men' who do not take leadership. Is not God a jealous God? Does not he want credit for himself? When women step up to the plate and do not wait upon the Lord, they really are telling God 'you are taking to long', or 'you don't know what is best'. Oh, how our impatience comes out in full.

This is a cycle I see happening in families. For what ever reason a husband has to be gone from the home.The man delegates authority to the wife for while he is gone. Then the husband comes home expecting to be king of his castle again. But the woman has had a taste of power-authority. Not thinking, she keeps going just as if he was gone, she is used to the new routine. What will the husband do with this conflict take back what is rightfully his or give in for peace? Men have willingly given up authority for generations and women have willingly taken it. Now we are to the point of so much has changed, from the way God created it to be, no one can remember the way it should be.

God gave us the chain of command: God--husband-wife. When we over step there are complications (a question is For how many generations?). Yes, God is the maker of good from bad. And I believe that is just what God did with Deborah. She followed God's leading. So how is God leading me? Dawn