![]() Now, hilariously outnumbered - even the enemy camels could not be numbered. Then 10,000 could not drink water correctly at the river’s edge leaving only 300 men to fight the enemy. Too big! Anybody afraid? 22,000 went home. The selection of an Israeli army for him to command was totally unusual and unorthodox. ![]() Through a series of tests which Gideon in weakness felt the need to initiate, (the dew on, then not on the fleece being only one of several of these tests) Gideon agreed to lead an army against the Midianites. How can I save Israel?” As yet he did not realize the potential within him – the power that God would release through this weak vessel. My clan is the weakest, and I am the least in my clan. He even said to the angel, “I’m a nobody in a family of nobodies. An angel of the Lord came and said to him while he was threshing wheat, “The Lord is with you, O mighty warrior.” Gideon must have looked over his shoulder, for He was anything but that. When they cried out to God, He raised up a deliverer – this time in a most unlikely farmer named Gideon. In the story (Judges 6-7), Israel was at a low point in their obedience to God, and He was punishing them under the oppressive hand of the Midianites, and they realized His hand of judgement was upon them. The sequence can be summed up in five words: Sin, Oppression, Supplication Deliverance, and Silence. The book of Judges assumes a cyclical mode to describe God’s dealing with Israel. I would like to discuss this passage with you, but first let me tell you a story from the pages of the Old Testament in the book of Judges. The Message Bible is especially striking. Please read it from several translations. The other day I was reading 2 Corinthians 4:5-15 and it caused me to think again of the great treasure that we, the church, possess.
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