† Three Hundred † And the LORD said to Gideon, “With the 300 men who lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hand, and let all the others go every man to his home.” So the people took provisions in their hands, and their trumpets. And he sent all the rest of Israel every man to his tent, but retained the 300 men. Judges 7:7–8 ESV Gideon had begun his journey with over 32,000 men. Now he stood with only three hundred facing an enemy army of over 135,000. He was afraid but followed God one command at a time. It was a crazy plan, they were going to sneak up on a giant enemy army that was sleeping with trumpets and hidden torches, then surprise them, but then what… It worked. When they blew the trumpets and smashed the jars to reveal the torches, the enemy panicked and started killing each other and then ran away broken and defeated from the start of the battle. Gideon and the men of Israel pursued them and completely defeated Midian and their kings. Then the land had rest for forty years. When God is on your side, it is not what you have or how much of it that will determine your outcome. When Gideon awoke a giant sleeping army, they could have easily turned and killed him. It was God that fought the battle and He gave Gideon the victory. You only have to follow one step at a time to win this battle. Don’t stop, don’t turn back, keep putting one foot in front of the other one and you will come out this a winner.
Posted on: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 10:00:30 +0000
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