Judges 7

Judges 7

So God thought Gideon had too many people, so he told Gideon to first get rid of the ones who were afraid, so his army went from 32,000 down to 10,000. God decided again that this number was too big so he told Gideon he was to take his men down to the river to drink, anyone who brought their hand to their mouths to drink was going to be sent home, but if you lapped up water like a dog then you would stay and fight. Only 300 lapped like a dog and with that, Gideon found his army. So I like Gideon because he uses his brain especially when he goes in to defeat the Midianites by surrounding their camp with the three hundred men, blowing their horns the raising their torches and chanting. The Midianites fled in fear of what was happening, Gideon and his men pursued and captured and killed the two leaders, Oreb and Zeeb.

This is a classic case of God wanting people to know that it isn’t Gideon who gets the glory but should be God. God made sure of this by shrinking his army down to 1 percent of its original size, and if I am Gideon I wouldn’t be too happy about this because I would get any person that could throw a rock to be on my team, but this isn’t the case. Gideon delivers Israel due to God’s grace and sovereignty for his people. This is as much of an issue of pride as anything in the bible, we need to realize that it isn’t us who is doing ministry, but God in us. I am not responsible for my ministry, but God working through me can do amazing things, I am merely a broken vessel that God has chosen to use just like he chooses all of us for a specific purpose.