October 3, 2019

MIGHTY ONE

Judges 6:12

And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “The Lord is with you, mighty one of the armies!”

Personal Challenge

How would you feel if you were Gideon? The Israelites had been under oppression by the Midianites. Their land and the fruit thereof had been taken away. If you were caught trying to gather food you were persecuted or killed. So Gideon found a way to get some grain and thresh it in a winepress so that no one would see him. While there, this Angel of the Lord (pre-incarnate Jesus) shows up and calls him, "mighty one of the armies." I think I would be thinking, "who are you kidding!" How often do we shrink away from the oppressions in our lives in fear that we will never be able to make it through them? How often do we read in the scriptures that God is there with us, but let the burdens of the world overtake our belief in God? God is with us! God does want us to be the mighty ones of His army and will equip us for that role, but we must trust Him and follow Haha. Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy!