-April 2, 2024-
Good morning beloved, happy Tuesday,
“And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said to him, ‘The Lord is with you, O mighty man of valor!’”
(Judges 6:12).
When we come to Christ, He sees beyond where we are at the time, and sees our potential. The same is true as we move forward in our relationship with Him and serve Him.
The Angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, an ordinary man and called him to do extraordinary things for Him. The Angel of the Lord in the OT was the Lord Jesus Christ in His pre incarnate form. You can always tell by the context of the passage.
Gideon basically felt, who am I? He says in Judges 6:15, “O my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house?” We like, Gideon feel unworthy, unqualified, and unfit. We make excuses why we can’t what God is calling us to do. Moses did the same thing when God called him to deliver Israel from their bondage in Egypt.
The Lord’s answer to Gideon is the same as He gives us today, “So he said to him, ‘Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites as one man.’” When God calls us, He equips us, empowers us, and encourages us for the task at hand. God took Gideon and his army of 300 to defeat the Midianites with their huge, powerful army. All they had were pitchers with torches and blew trumpets. They shouted, “The sword of the Lord and of Gideon.”
The Lord wants to make sure we don’t trust in our own strength and abilities to gain the victory. He fights for us and works through us to bring about the results for His glory. 2 Corinthians 4:7 says, “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the power may be of God and not of us.” God also reminds us in Zechariah 4:6, “Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord” (Judges 7:18).
Let us not look at our weakness but at His greatness and power; not at the impossibility of the task, but at the reliability of His promises. Have a blessed day doing what God calls us to do in His power and for His glory.
You have great potential because you have a great God.
Dean
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