Two Ways to Face the Future | Judges 5:28-31

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Our text today is Judges 5:28–31.

“Out of the window she peered,
the mother of Sisera wailed through the lattice:
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?’
Her wisest princesses answer,
indeed, she answers herself,
‘Have they not found and divided the spoil?—
A womb or two for every man;
spoil of dyed materials for Sisera,
spoil of dyed materials embroidered,
two pieces of dyed work embroidered for the neck as spoil?’
So may all your enemies perish, O LORD!
But your friends be like the sun as he rises in his might.”
And the land had rest for forty years. — Judges 5:28-31

Deborah’s song closes with two women in two very different windows.

Sisera’s mother stares out, waiting for a victory parade that will never come. She fills the silence with lies — telling herself her son is delayed because he’s collecting more spoil, more comfort, more honor. She hopes in what isn’t true.

Deborah, the prophet, isn’t looking out a window. She’s looking up — declaring what is true. She knows God’s enemies will fall and His friends will shine like the rising sun. Her hope rests on the unshakable character of God, not the uncertain return of a man.

These two women represent two ways to live:

The Waiting Mother — anxious, self-reassuring, clinging to a false hope.
The Trusting Prophet — confident, God-assured, living in the certainty of His victory.
Too many of us live at the window, staring into the unknown and imagining worst-case scenarios. We try to comfort ourselves with human logic instead of resting in divine truth. But faith doesn’t look out the window for a returning hero — it looks up to the One who’s already won.

Deborah’s side of the window is where the peace is. It’s where the forty years of rest begin. And you can live there now — not because every battle is over, but because your King’s victory is certain.

ASK THIS:
Which side of the window do you live on most days — anxious waiting or confident trust?
What lies have you been telling yourself instead of standing on God’s truth?
How would your outlook change if you believed His victory was already secure?
What’s one way you can “shine like the sun” for God’s glory this week?
DO THIS:
When you feel yourself “waiting at the window,” stop and speak a truth from Scripture out loud — shift your gaze from what’s missing to the God who’s already won.

PRAY THIS:
Lord, keep me from living in anxious waiting. Make me like Deborah — confident in Your victory, steady in Your promises, and shining with the peace only You give. Amen.

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