Have you ever felt like the Lord was nudging you to do something but you've had a fit of the "How can I's?", an attack of "I'm the least likely person to do that!" If you have then you're not alone, but this account of Gideon reminds us that if God is asking something of us then He is also enabling us to do it. He tells Gideon "go with the strength you have".
That's a challenge to all of us. We may feel like we're the least of the least but when God is with us we have the Greatest of the Greatest with us and no enemy will be able to withstand us! All He asks is that we go with the strength we have (however inadequate we think it is).
In the previous chapter we read about the prophetess Deborah who told Barak, the Israelite commander, to call to arms his men but in v.15-16 we read how the tribe of Reuben were suffering from great indecision whether to go and they just sat at home watching the sheep! How sad is that. Whereas some of the other tribes answered the call and saw the Lord fight for them.
Just in case you're suffering from indecision whether to follow what the Lord has asked you to do, be encouraged by these true stories of Deborah and Gideon because the Lord went ahead of them and won the battles for them but He's waiting for us to answer His nudging.
He says to each of us "Go with the strength you have. I will be with you."
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