GIDEON SAW HIMSELF AS SMALL AND WEAK How many of us see ourselves - TopicsExpress

GIDEON SAW HIMSELF AS SMALL AND WEAK How many of us see ourselves as small and weak? -------------------------------------------------------------- One day the angel of God came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, whose son Gideon was threshing wheat in the winepress, out of sight of the Midianites. The angel of God appeared to him and said, “God is with you, O mighty warrior!” Gideon replied, “God is with me, my master? If God is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all the miracle-wonders our parents and grandparents told us about, telling us, ‘Didn’t God deliver us from Egypt?’ The fact is, God has nothing to do with us—he has turned us over to Midian.” But God faced him directly: “Go in this strength that is yours. Save Israel from Midian. Haven’t I just sent you?” Gideon said to him, “Me, my master? How and with what could I ever save Israel? Look at me. My clan’s the weakest in Manasseh and I’m the runt of the litter.” God said to him, “I’ll be with you. Believe me, you’ll defeat Midian as one man.” -------------------------------------------------------------- Weird. God sends an angel to appear before Gideon and Gideon still sees himself as small and weak. Then God "faced him directly", and Gideon still does not change his thinking. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET THROUGH TO US? There is a happy ending to this story. You can read it here: biblegateway/passage/?search=judges%206&version=MSG