Barak~ the man whose faith grew through a battle

This is a picture of Barak, one of God's most unlikely heroes. Let look at how his faith grew through battles.

Barak was son of Abinoam who was from the tribe of Naptali .Barak came from the city of refuge named, Kedesh (Judges 4:6). Cities of refuge were given to the Israelites by God for the protection of those who found a need to flee to a place of protection. I find it interesting that Barak was called out of one of these cities to go and fight Israelites' enemy who was oppressing them terribly. In a way, he was called to lead them into a state of refuge and peace.

As it was, God had Deborah, a prophetess, who judged Israel, summoned Barak to go and fight their enemy to bring peace back to their land. Barak said, "Only if you will go with me." Now why do you think that he did that? I believe it was because he had little faith in himself as a leader & in God as a deliverer. But since Deborah was willing to go with him he gained courage, & lead 10, 000 men into battle against their enemy.

Once Deboroah yelled, "Charge!" Barak gave the battle all that he had. Why is that? I believe that it was because as the battle went on & he could see that they were winning. That made his faith stronger and stronger. You see faith is a little like a muscle that gets stronger with work or exercise. By the time the battle was over, Barak's faith had grown very strong, and after the battle was over Barak & Deborah sang praises to God for the victory. (Judges 4:1-5:31)