Judges 7:2 KJV
And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
The ways of God and of man could not be more different.
• Man says work; God says believe.
• Man says serve; God says yield
• Man says more; God says less
Before God would give Gideon victory he had to pare down his army to a number that provided only one explanation for victory; God. Twenty two thousand went home because they were fearful. But there were still too many. God divided the remainder by having Gideon observe how they took a drink from the brook. No explanation of why God chose those He did is given in the text, but I have heard the flesh creep up in the preaching of the passage. Those I refer to have preached that God selected the three hundred because they remained alert and on the ready even while drinking water. Sounds reasonable; if God needed alert and ready soldiers. The fact is, we don't know why God picked them. This one thing we do know, God would not let the army vaunt themselves in victory.
We don't need more to succeed in the work God has led us in to; we need God. In our weakness He is made strong. Most gladly then, let us rejoice in weakness. Let us not seek our own strength, but the strength of the Lord.
And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
The ways of God and of man could not be more different.
• Man says work; God says believe.
• Man says serve; God says yield
• Man says more; God says less
Before God would give Gideon victory he had to pare down his army to a number that provided only one explanation for victory; God. Twenty two thousand went home because they were fearful. But there were still too many. God divided the remainder by having Gideon observe how they took a drink from the brook. No explanation of why God chose those He did is given in the text, but I have heard the flesh creep up in the preaching of the passage. Those I refer to have preached that God selected the three hundred because they remained alert and on the ready even while drinking water. Sounds reasonable; if God needed alert and ready soldiers. The fact is, we don't know why God picked them. This one thing we do know, God would not let the army vaunt themselves in victory.
We don't need more to succeed in the work God has led us in to; we need God. In our weakness He is made strong. Most gladly then, let us rejoice in weakness. Let us not seek our own strength, but the strength of the Lord.
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