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Judges · Men's Leadership Study

Week 5: The Song and the Roll Call

Judges 5

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Judges 5

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Weekly Devotional

Reuben is not remembered for open rebellion. He is remembered for “great searchings of heart.” He stayed with the sheep and kept thinking until the chance to help was gone. Dan stayed with his ships, and Asher stayed safely by the shore. Their daily work became an excuse to avoid costly obedience. Meanwhile, God used the stars and the river in the battle. Creation was moving while God's people were still thinking. It is good to seek wisdom. But once God has made your duty clear, more delay becomes disobedience.

Discuss Honestly

Hard Questions

  1. 01

    Reuben kept thinking instead of showing up. Where are you thinking and talking when you should be obeying?

  2. 02

    If a song were written about this season of your ministry, would your tribe be in the willing list or the absent list? Be specific about why.

  3. 03

    Meroz was cursed for doing nothing. What is the 'nothing' you are right now doing that you have justified as staying in your lane?

  4. 04

    The song credits God with the storm, the river, and the stars. Where have you been taking credit for something the circumstances of God clearly did?

  5. 05

    Deborah calls herself 'a mother in Israel.' What does spiritual parenthood, not just leadership, look like for you with your men?

  6. 06

    Why do you think Scripture preserves a worship song that names people's failure? What does that mean about honesty in corporate worship?

  7. 07

    Which brother in this room needs you to show up for something, and what has kept you at the sheepfolds?

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 15:1-21

    Moses and Miriam also led God's people in song after a victory.

  • Psalm 110:3

    'Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power.' The willingness theme stated messianically.

  • James 4:17

    To him that knoweth to do good and doeth it not, to him it is sin. Meroz in one sentence.

  • 2 Corinthians 9:7

    God loves willing service. He wants people who give freely, not because they are forced.

  • Revelation 3:15-16

    The lukewarm church. Neutrality gets the strongest language in both testaments.