DOZ Issue 18 April 2017 | Page 12

Leadership LESSONS FROM THE LIFE OF DEBORAH Eturuvie Erebor W omen are not the weak and frail things the world has thought them to be and tried to convince them that they are. Women do have the potential to do great things and affect their world positively; a good example is Deborah. I refer to Deborah as the woman who was not afraid to go to war. 12 Deborah was a woman who judged Israel during the time of the judges; she was also a prophetess. During her time, Israel had sinned and was under the oppression of King Jabin of Canaan, and Deborah called Barak, the leader of the army and gave him a sure word of prophecy from the Lord. Barak was to go into battle as God was set to deliver the enemy | DOZ Magazine | April 2017 «