Judges 4:1 says, And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.  Once again, after the leader, or judge, that God raised up died, the people of Israel stopped being obedient to Him and began to sin again.  This is something we cannot afford to do as Christians.  Our faith cannot be based on any earthly leader.  Verse two states, And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.  Once again, without God's protection, the people of Israel were defeated, this time by Jabin of Canaan.  Verse three says, And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.  The people of Israel once again called out to God.  Jabin had a powerful army, and the people of Israel saw that, so they knew that they needed God to deliver them.  Too often we wait until we are defeated spiritually before we call out to God, but if we are a follower of Christ, He will always hear us when we do call out.  Verse four declares, And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.  This time, God raised up a female judge, Deborah.  We are told that she was a prophetess.  God never has worked exclusively through men to accomplish His purpose, and He doesn't today.  Verse five states, And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.  The people of Israel came to her for judgment where she was.  I am not sure that this sat well with many of the men of Israel.  Not only was God working through a woman, but they had to go to her instead of her coming to them.  Verse six adds, And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?  Deborah called Barak, and asked him if God had not commanded him to take ten thousand men of the tribe of Naphtali and Zebulon.  This would imply that God was already speaking to Barak, but that he evidently wasn't obeying Him.  Verse seven continues, And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.  God had already promised success to Barak and his army. just as God promises us success over our spiritual enemies today if we are following the leadership of the Holy Spirit.  Verse eight declares, And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.  Even though Deborah had told Barak that God would bring him the victory, he refused to go unless Deborah went with him.  We do not need to wait for anyone else to go with us when we know what God wants us to do.  We only need to keep our faith in God.  Verse nine states, And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh,  Deborah agreed to go with Barak, but she also said that the honor would go to God and not to Barak, since God would deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman..  Whatever we do today as Christians should be done for the honor of God and not for self glorification.  Verse ten states, And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.  Now that Deborah was going with him, Barak assembled his ten thousand men and went out to do battle.  If we know what God wants us to do, we should be ready to do whatever it is without any need for someone to direct us or to go with us to do it.