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He is enough
- Make space for God’s voice
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No thanks God, i'll pass. I wonder if he thought what many of us think: “What if I can’t do this?” “What if I’m not enough?”
NKJV-has not. other words, God had already spoken- fear kept him from moving.
Deborah: stunning confidence: Lord commands. When last time you told someone? me: I think God maybe leading us...
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How Deborah so confident? Not a simple command. Weapons had been taken. Essentially telling them to march into their potential death.
Judges cycle: Israel turns from God, suffers, cries out for help, and God rescues them. Here: 20 years. Help
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Some of us overstimulated, every quiet moment noise
connect with God naturally? - nature, worship, contemplation, reading the Word - understand yourself and make space.
- Make space for God’s voice
- Stop comparing your calling
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Because of fear, hesitation - honour would go to a woman, Jael who took the final blow on Sisera in verse 21.
Barak - saw deborah as assurance of God's presence. Trusted it more than his own relationship with God.
fear we are not enough, comparison kicks in. Barak comparing relationship God to Deborah's
Come on Barak, you’re a military commander, get it together.” He ignores what God told him to do like a wimp, then asks Deborah to come with him?
We compare houses, marriages, parenting styles, vacations, spiritual gifts. As moms, we can drown in comparison.
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Breastfeeding, sleeptraining, feed our kids, screen time, manners, running a business on the side. Suddenly all in a invisible competition. Pressure to "do it all"
Comparing ourselves to others causes us to reject the unique way God created us and pulls us away from who He called us to be.
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Breakthrough
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In our lives, however imperfect they may be, the master comes and whispers in our ear, time and again, saying, “Don’t stop, keep going.”
If you think you're too small to be effective, then you've never been in bed with a mosquito! - it was created to be effective in that way.
suddenly very thing feared, became useless in mud. Judges 5 - rainstorm caused the Kishon River to overflow - Supernatural panic.
as we do so, he creates, together with us, an astonishing beauty by complementing us and amplifying what we do.
Paul begged God three times to remove his thorn, but God answered in 2 Corinthians 12:9
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When we acknowledge our inadequacy, we can finally receive God’s sufficiency.
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Faith and obedience of Deborah. She takes action on God’s commands. Barak stands for hesitance, fear and doubt.
Baffles me: Barak is in Hebrews 11, chapter of faith. God patient with fear
- Let God be enough for you
Top of plain, Barak's troops hesitated - no weapons, and going down into the plain gave advantage to the chariots.
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More than once a day (370 times), God says, ‘Do not be afraid!’ but he adds onto it: why - because I am with you.
You stand there. Gave daunting command. watch 10,000 men run downhill into the chariots - now God would be a great time to show up.
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Deborah leading a nation and Barak having a nervous breakdown. sometimes that's what being a mom feels like. physical or spiritual.
I want to be enough. So naturally I will attempt to be enough. We are all very good at covering up fear, proving I am enough to myself and others.
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“I’ve already gone before you.” God never asked you to be all-sufficient. He asked you to stay connected to Him. You are not enough. But I AM.
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- Let God be enough for you
Intro
mother's day, and motherhood has a way of exposing every insecurity.
“Am I enough?” “Am I failing my kids?” “What if I mess this up?” What if my kids struggle later in life because of me?
Susan Jefferson: bottom of every fear; “I can’t handle it.” “I am not enough” - can't handle what life throws at you.
Fear not just moms, but all of us
The tragedy isn’t that they didn’t hear the truth. The tragedy is, they didn’t believe it enough to act on it.
day like today, those fears and emotions can feel especially close to the surface. Mother’s Day is beautiful for some, but painful for others. For some it brings joy, for others grief, longing, disappointment, or complicated memories.
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maybe that’s exactly why this message matters so much today. Because underneath so many of our experiences, whether in motherhood, relationships, or life itself, is the same quiet question: “Am I enough?” “Can I handle what’s in front of me?”
In Judges 4 we meet two people wrestling with this exact fear. And through their story, we discover 3 keys to overcoming it.
ZO: I want us to pause and recognize the many different experiences some of us carry into this room today. Amy Young
Stand
After this battle the land had peace for 40 years. Do you know what God is asking of you? Right now? Do not let fear distract you from what God has called you to do. Maybe today you feel like Barak. Fearful. Hesitant. Not enough. But God never said: “You’ve got this.” He said: “I’ve got this.” Make space for God’s voice. Stop comparing your calling. Let God be enough for you. And please…don’t waddle your way home.