TOPIC:VICTORY IS YOURS (2)
SCRIPTURE:
READ JUDGES 6:14-24
The Angel said: “Go in the strength that you have, and I will be with you.” Gideon’s resources were utterly depleted, yet he was commanded to go in the strength he had, though it wasn’t much. The more inadequate we are, the greater the likelihood of our being dependent. Accordingly, Gideon built an altar called “The Lord is Peace!” We usually think of peace as the cessation of hostilities or the eradication of stress, but the Hebrews thought of peace as things being in order. By naming his altar as he did, Gideon was saying: “I’m going to find myself in all kinds of hostilities; there will be incredible stress in my life; but one thing I know, in all my weakness I’ll abandon myself to the Lord who will be with me, and things will be in order.”
Peace isn’t the absence of trouble, but the deep-rooted tranquillity of order in the midst of trouble (John 16:33). We must daily go in the strength we have (though it isn’t much), knowing He is with us in the midst of trouble. Gideon was no longer the despondent Gideon, but the dependent Gideon. We secure divine assistance the moment we start trusting and depending on God.
PRAYER
Oh lord thank you for your supernatural investment in me I declare that I am a mighty man of valor in Jesus name. Amen
