The Word

Judges 6
So again we have Israel beginning to do evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Midianites took them over. And this was a low time for the Israelites because they pretty much destroyed all their crop and were like locusts amongst their farms and labors. Then we fast forward to the angel of the Lord who goes and sits under Joash’s oak tree. Gideon is working and then comes over and talks to the Angel of the Lord. It is funny because throughout this whole passage Gideon is constantly questioning and testing God, making sure this is God’s will for his life, rather than just assuming what he is doing is right. He goes to get an offering for the Lord to test him and it is instantly consumed by fire, he puts fleece on the ground tells God to make the fleece wet but not the floor and he does then he tests him again telling God to make the floor wet but not the fleece and he does that too. And it is only then that Gideon realizes the God is going to deliver Israel through him.

I like how Gideon is constantly testing and questioning and confirming, making sure that this is the will of God for his life. There would be nothing worse than Gideon trying to defeat the Midianites without the hand of the Lord guiding him. I think we need to be more like Gideon and make sure that before we tackle big things whether it be in ministry or in life, that we are confirming God’s will for our lives and that his will would be the most important thing. Because if we put God’s will before our own then pride gets out of the way, then we don’t have to worry about beating ourselves into submission.