Judges 6:12 The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, "Mighty hero, the Lord is with you!" Then the Lord turned to him and said, "Go with the strength you have,....I am sending you!" v.15 "But Lord," Gideon replied, "how can I..." v.16 The Lord said to him, "I will be with you..."
Do you have some days when you know you have a job to do but just don't seem to have the get up and go to do it? Or maybe an opportunity has been presented to you or God is asking you to do something and you think like Gideon '"How can I?"
It's at times like that we have to remember God is not asking us to do anything on our own because He has promised to be with us. He tells us to go with the strength we have. Instead of talking ourselves out of it, we have to talk to ourselves into it and say "I'm strong in the Lord and in the power of His might! God has made me an I Can Do Person!"
Even if we don't feel qualified or equipped to do what God is asking, that is not what matters because He will equip us and qualify us as we obey Him.
The Lord called Gideon a mighty hero even though Gideon saw himself as the least of the least. He had such a low opinion of himself and his own ability and thought he couldn't do much, and we may feel like that some days.
Another translation says God called Gideon a mighty man of valour, even though he was hiding in a wine press at the time! So whether or not we feel lacking or full of fear like Gideon, God still sees us as a person of mighty valour, as a mighty hero. Why? Because He is with us, and He will provide the strength, the ability we need as we do it with Him.
He's saying the same thing to us today as He did to Gideon "Go with the strength you have" and leave the rest to Him.😊
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