I will Answer Them from Heaven!

I will Answer Them from Heaven!

After the death of Joshua and the other judges the Lord gave, the Israelites again started disobeying the LORD.  They worshiped other gods and bowed down to it. So the LORD let the Canaanite King Jabin of Hazor conquer Israel. Sisera was the commander of Jabin's army. Jabin's army had 900 iron chariots, and for 20 years he made life miserable for the Israelites, until finally they begged the LORD for help. Deborah was a prophet and a leader of Israel during those days.  She would sit under a Palm Tree in the hill country of Ephraim, where Israelites would come and ask her to settle their legal cases. One day, Deborah sent word for Barak the son of Abinoam. When he arrived, she said: I have a message for you from the LORD God of Israel! You are to get together an army of 1000 men and lead them to Mount Tabor. The LORD will bring Sisera into coming out to fight you at the Kishon River. Sisera will be leading King Jabin's army as usual, and they will have their chariots, but the LORD has promised to help you defeat them.Barak wanted Deborah to come with him. She said "But I'm warning you that the LORD is going to let a woman defeat Sisera, and no one will honor you for winning the battle." Deborah and Barak left for Kedesh.10000 soldiers gathered there.Heber of the Kenite clan was living not far from Kedesh. The Kenites were descendants of Hobab, the father-in-law of Moses, but Heber had moved and had set up his tents away from the rest of the clan. When Sisera learned that Barak had led an army to Mount Tabor, he called his troops together and  he led his army to the Kishon River. Deborah shouted, "Barak,The LORD has already gone on ahead to fight for you." During the battle, the LORD confused Sisera, his chariot drivers, and his whole army. Sisera's entire army was wiped out. Only Sisera escaped. He ran to Heber's camp, because Heber and his family had a peace treaty with the king of Hazor. Sisera went to the tent that belonged to Jael, Heber's wife.

She came out to greet him and said, "Come in, sir! Please come on in. Don't be afraid." After they had gone inside, Sisera lay down, and Jael covered him with a blanket.  Sisera was exhausted and soon fell fast asleep. Jael took a hammer and drove a tent-peg through his head into the ground, and he died. Meanwhile, Barak had been following Sisera, and Jael went out to meet him and told him what she did. That same day the Israelites defeated the Canaanite King Jabin.

Lesson to be Learnt:

            It has been from the old that people committed mistakes often and God corrected them and again the people got back into His way. This is one such incident. You see, We are tempted to make mistakes often. Fine, We have made a mistake and God corrects us, but what next? Do we turn away from God totally. You see the Israelites, this is their specialty J They always make mistakes ,but when they feel that God is punishing them, they just drop off everything and cry out to the Lord and the Lord saved them everytime, Yes Everytime. So how are we. When God corrects us and punish us for our sins .What do we do? Do we cry out to the Lord for mercy? Or Do we just run away from the Lord?

So is it true that God will answer me? Yes He will because He says so in the following verse

2Ch 7:14

(CEV)  If my own people will humbly pray and turn back to me and stop sinning, then I will answer them from heaven. I will forgive them and make their land fertile once again.

(Hindi) तब यदि मेरी प्रजा के लोग जो मेरे कहलाते हैं, दीन होकर प्रार्यना करें और मेरे दर्शन के खोजी होकर अपक्की बुरी चाल से फिरें, तो मैं स्वर्ग में से सुनकर उनका पाप झमा करूंगा और उनके देश को ज्योंका त्योंकर दूंगा।

(Kan) ಇಲ್ಲವೆ ನನ್ನ ಜನರ ಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಜಾಡ್ಯವನ್ನು ಕಳುಹಿಸಿದರೂ ನನ್ನ ಹೆಸರಿನಿಂದ ಕರೆಯಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ನನ್ನ ಜನರು ತಮ್ಮನ್ನು ತಗ್ಗಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥನೆ ಮಾಡಿ ನನ್ನ ಮುಖವನ್ನು ಹುಡುಕಿ ತಮ್ಮ ದುರ್ಮಾರ್ಗಗಳಿಂದ ತಿರುಗಿದರೆ ನಾನು ಆಕಾಶದಿಂದ ಕೇಳಿ ಅವರ ಪಾಪವನ್ನು ಮನ್ನಿಸಿ ಅವರ ದೇಶವನ್ನು ಗುಣಮಾಡುವೆನು.

(Mal) എന്റെ നാമം വിളിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്ന എന്റെ ജനം തങ്ങളെത്തന്നേ താഴ്ത്തി പ്രാര്‍ത്ഥിച്ചു എന്റെ മുഖം അന്വേഷിച്ചു തങ്ങളുടെ ദുര്‍മ്മാര്‍ഗ്ഗങ്ങളെ വിട്ടു തിരിയുമെങ്കില്‍, ഞാന്‍ സ്വര്‍ഗ്ഗത്തില്‍നിന്നു കേട്ടു അവരുടെ പാപം ക്ഷമിച്ചു അവരുടെ ദേശത്തിന്നു സൌഖ്യം വരുത്തിക്കൊടുക്കും.

(Tamil OV)  என் நாமம் தரிக்கப்பட்ட என் ஜனங்கள் தங்களைத் தாழ்த்தி, ஜெபம்பண்ணி, என் முகத்தைத் தேடி, தங்கள் பொல்லாத வழிகளைவிட்டுத் திரும்பினால், அப்பொழுது பரலோகத்திலிருக்கிற நான் கேட்டு, அவர்கள் பாவத்தை மன்னித்து, அவர்கள் தேசத்துக்கு க்ஷேமத்தைக் கொடுப்பேன்.

(Telugu)  నా పేరు పెట్టబడిన నా జనులు తమ్ముతాము తగ్గించుకొని ప్రార్థనచేసి నన్ను వెదకి తమ చెడుమార్గములను విడిచినయెడల, ఆకాశమునుండి నేను వారి ప్రార్థనను విని, వారి పాపమును క్షమించి, వారి దేశమును స్వస్థపరచుదును.