It's Time for Gideon to Arise

Who was Gideon? Wasn't he just a biblical character? What about Gideon is significant now?

Well, Gideon was just an average guy.  In fact, in the natural, he was below average.  He says about himself  "My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family."  Why in the world would the Lord say to him, "Go in the strength that you have and save Israel?" How ridiculous, right? It doesn't make sense.  Aha. Yeah.  God's ways don't always (or usually) make sense to us, do they?

In talking with several friends over the last several days, I am hearing a similar cry.  I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing.  I don't know what's coming.  I am nothing great.  Just average.  Just okay.  I don't have any great talents, skills. 

But for those of us who know our God, there is a whisper in our hearts:  It's gonna be okay.  I'm here.  Take it one step at a time.  Do what's in your hand to do.  You may not think you have anything great to offer, but that's where I step in.  I multiply.  I take the foolish things of this world to confound the wise.  It is in your weakness that I am made strong.  You can trust me.  I will never leave you nor forsake you.

So, back to Gideon.  What did God say to him?    "The Lord is with you, Mighty Warrior."  What does that mean to us?  God sees us differently than we have seen ourselves. But this is a new season.  In this season,  God + me = mighty warrior.  I challenge you.  See things differently today.  Determine that you will walk in the "strength" that he has given you, and go forth.