Yesterday, when I wrote about what I consider serious business, I wrote on the truth that working with God is not with the use of the flesh, this is not new as I’ve been writing for a while how the use of the flesh (the five senses; carnal mind) and your walk with God cannot go hand in hand. The dependence on the sixth sense which is the Holy Spirit is what makes life easy for us. However, today my topic is based on how when we look at the sixth sense in action, it makes no logical sense, not just that, but even in life and death situation; but with this we need to hold on to Him (Holy Spirit), even if what we are asked to do by the Holy Spirit doesn’t make ANY sense. Let’s take a look at Gideon and how God used him.
An Angel of the Lord came and sat under a tree close to where Gideon was threshing wheat; the Angel appeared as a man, but that’s not the point. He saw Gideon and said to him, “The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valour!” [ref. 6:12] The statement didn’t make any sense because Gideon didn’t look anything like a man of valour, not to talk of being mighty. You see one thing we need to understand is that when God declares a thing to us like blessing, even when it doesn’t look like it we just need to accept it. Why? Because as I said earlier, we are blind without the Holy Spirit, we don’t know anything beyond our nose, but the Holy Spirit knows you, where you are headed and what you would become. However, we can change it by not believing it, but if you don’t believe God, what you would believe would be a negative way of life no matter how juicy the present situation may appear.
Gideon felt he didn’t worth any of the things the Angel told him, because Gideon said, “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.” [ref. Judges 6:15] But you know the funny thing, it is someone like Gideon God loves to use, someone who doesn’t have anything to brag about, as the scriptures says, “But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world and things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence.” [1 Corinthians 1:27-29]. What God is saying is, it is His ways and not yours, we are not to help God, He is to help us as we walk with Him, following His ways.
The Midianites had oppressed the Israelites and to put an end to this oppression, there would a battle between the Israelites against the Midianites. It is logical to select the finest men of about 32,000. Yep, that’s exactly how many people Gideon gathered. But you see, when you’re working with God, don’t bother advising God with the knowledge you gathered from school, it’s just waste of time; just follow God’s instructions.
God told Gideon that the people were too many, so Gideon cut the number to 10,000 men. God said the number was still too much, so Gideon cut the number down to just 300 men! All these were Gideon following God’s instruction in how to cut down the excess. It was with the 300 God said, “By the three hundred who lapped I will save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand.” [Judges 6:7]. You could almost shout, “God, are you crazy? How can three hundred men win the battle against the Midianites.” But you know, He is not called the Alpha and the Omega, our Deliverer, our Victory, our Fortress and Strong Tower for nothing. To stand with God implies whoever comes against you comes against God. He has fought our battles for us, all we have to do is just listen to Him as He go and the spoils.
I don’t know about you, but I serve a God who is not a man that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent, has He said, and will not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? He is the one who blesses us and cannot reverse it [ref. Numbers 23:19-20]. Seriously, if after all these goodness the LORD has displayed and you’re not ready to stay with Him, then YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN.
Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!
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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)
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