Judges 5
PRINCES
In her song, Deborah mentioned the princes in Israel twice. This is what she said, “When the princes in Israel take the lead, when the people willingly offer themselves—praise the Lord!” (Judges 5 v 2). The second instance was this: “My heart is with Israel’s princes, with the willing volunteers among the people. Praise the Lord!” (v 9).
From these two verses we can see how important it was to Deborah, and to the LORD, that there are leaders among the people. We all need people whose godly and courageous values we can follow.
The interesting thing is that there was no royal family in Israel at the time. There were no kings and no princes. So who was Deborah talking about? The language here suggests that Deborah was calling the willing volunteers, those who willingly offered themselves, princes. They were not princes by birth or noble title, but they were men who showed themselves to be princes by their actions. Since Deborah’s song was inspired by the LORD, we can be sure he saw those willing volunteers as princes in Israel too.
We might not have been born with the title of Prince or Princess, but let us show in our actions and attitude that we are truly princes for the LORD our God.
May we lead others closer to our God this week.
With love in our Lord,
Robert
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