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Judges chapter 4, verse 15.

And the Lord routed Cicero and all his chariots and all his army before Barack by the edge of the sword.

So notice this language.

The Lord did this before Barack.

The Lord routed Sistford and all his chariots and all his army before Barack by the edge of the sword.

The way this verse is intentional to tell us that it was God who did this work.

It is God who fought on behalf of his people. Not Barack did this, but the Lord did this

before Barack. Not Barack did this before the Lord. And I mean,

there's a sense in which, yes, that is true. Barack was acting in Judges Chapter 4 in this battle

before the Lord. But ultimately, it was God who is acting on behalf of his people.

And this is the picture we see all throughout the Bible, and it's where I want to

encourage you today.

Yes, you and I, and we see this all over God's Word.

We pray according to this reality most days on this podcast.

We are called to obey God today before the Lord to walk with God in obedience to his command.

But based on Judges 4 verse 15 and pictures of this that we see all over the Bible, I want to remind you, I want to encourage you today that as you act before the Lord, as you obey the Word of God, as you live before the Lord, God is always, always, always working, fighting on behalf of his people on your behalf god is for all who trust in him

as you walk in obedience to his commands one the only way you're able to do that is by His grace in you, by his work for you.

The only way you and I can live in holiness, the only way you and I can live in obedience to God

is by His grace working on our behalf at every moment.

And as we do, when we face challenges in this world, as we face temptations, as we

walk through trials, to know that in the middle of those temptations, in the middle of those

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