“I Saw an Army of Women!”

As I stood atop a lone dark hill, I raised up my torch as high as I could. In the hope the lost would see its light, I held it for them to find their way in the darkness. Off in the distance, a group of wolves laughed at my little light and mocked my faith, “They will never see your puny light, girl.”

I knew they were right in that my light wasn’t much, but it was all I could do for them. So, I held it as high as I could for as long as I could stand it. Off in the distance, hidden by a thick covering of woods, I sensed the lost, too afraid to come to the light. Bolstered by the penetrating night, the wolves taunted them with their contempt as the heavy darkness blocked their way home.

Anger rose inside me in response to the audacity of the haughty wolves. It was terribly dark, yet their apathy enraged me. Throwing my head back, closing my eyes and looking toward heaven, I cried out to God, “Make my light brighter, Lord!”

When I opened my eyes, I saw the entire hillside was lit up with a great light. As I looked around, it was literally covered with a large crowd of women (and some men) all holding their torches high into the night’s sky to guide the lost home.

King David prophesied of a great host of women victorious in battle, “The Lord gave the word; great was the company of women who proclaimed it: ‘Kings of armies flee; they flee!’ Even the women who were at home divided the spoil” (Ps. 68:11-12, emphasis mine).

God Will Bring the Victory to YOU!

The enemy has tried desperately to limit the effectiveness of women, but, just like Jael in Judges 4:17-24, if the enemy keeps you from going to war, God will bring the victory to you. So, let the enemy underestimate you. By underestimating you, he’s just given you the keys to destroy him. He’s placed you in just the right position to ruin him.

Deborah was a prophetess who governed the entire nation of Israel while Sisera led King Jabin’s army against Israel. One day she called for Barak to lead the armies of Israel in battle against the Canaanite king. She said to him, “She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, ‘The Lord God of Israel commands you, “Go and deploy troops at Mount Tabor, and take ten thousand men from the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun with you. I will draw Sisera, the commander of the army of Jabin, with his chariots and large army to you at the River Kishon and give him into your hands”‘” (Judg. 4:6-7).