March On, My Soul, With Might (Judges 5: 21b)

Rosalind Banks sent me this half verse from Judges this morning (Thanks, Rosalind!). It’s from the ‘Song of Deborah and Barak” after “God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan before the people of Israel.”
My earlier reflections this morning had been on Proverbs 9: 10: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,” which I had read on the wall at Lety’s school when I passed by to leave her something. I left there thinking that people these days don’t like to associate ‘fear’ with God, and yet the fear mentioned here is a healthy fear: it is a constant submission to the sovereignty of God. When we are submitted fully to His sovereignty, we have put on the mind of Christ (Phil. 2: 5), and then we are empowered by His Holy Spirit to walk in Truth, the purest expression of wisdom.
Walking (marching!) in Truth does strengthen our souls, which is forever threatening to grow weary and faint (Heb. 12: 3) . Our bones and muscles might ache, but we can keep marching as long as our soul and spirit remain strong, marching on in the might of our God.
And this is the testimony of the faithful: (1) that we have persevered (Rev: 3:8), (2) that we have feared God, allowing Him sovereignty in our lives (Prov. 9:10), causing us to march forward in obedience and faith (Judges 5: 21), to the end that His Name is lifted high for all to see.
We so long for healing, freedom, deliverance, holiness, joy, peace, love, wholeness. May we experience the fullness of Christ – and pass it on – as we allow God to subdue the enemies of our souls so that we can march on in His strength alone.