What He Said

“And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him,

The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.”

 

“And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel?

behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.”

Judges 6:12,15

 

 

Gideon had a choice.

He could believe what the Angel of the Lord said of him

------Or-----

He could believe what he said of himself.

Believe one and it would propel him forward into Gods’ mission.

Believe the other and it would hold him back married to his past,

perhaps to what others have said he was.

God spoke to what He knew Gideon could and would become.

Gideon spoke of where he came from.

We each are given the same choice.

No, you may not have been visited by the Angel of the Lord but if you have given your life to Christ you have the Lord of Heaven and earth living in you by His Holy Spirit.

He can do all things.

That includes completing in you the work He created you for.

No past is so wretched that His grace cannot overcome it.

I love the verse that tells us –

“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels,

that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.”

II Corinthians 4:7

God is at work in you and me.

Half the battle is won when we realize and accept that truth.

His power in us is able to do what we alone cannot do.

Gideon could never defeat the Midianites apart from God.

You and I will never know victory over the enemy apart from God.

Realizing that victory require, in part, agreeing with God.

God called Gideon a mighty man of valour.

Listen as He calls you.

Hear how God sees you!

And believe…what He said!