Today in the professing church of God, it is comparable to the days of the Judges; every man is doing that which is right in his own eyes. But, if you find in your heart a disposition to take that course, you are plainly declaring that you are headed for that which is wrong.
The children of Israel were in "bondage," "slavery," "hard put to," and they did not have enough to eat; they were miserable and they "cried to God."
In the midst of that condition there was a young man. Judges 6 opens with this young man threshing wheat by his father's winepress. I believe that there is something expressive in that. Gideon was determined that he would have wheat. He was doing it at the risk of his life, that is true, but Gideon, by the grace of God, resolved that he would have wheat. He had a right and title to it, and he would have it. There he was threshing wheat by his father's winepress to "hide it from the Midianites."
That wheat speaks of Christ, the bread which came down from heaven, the food for your soul and mine. So here in this young man, Gideon, we see a young man of faith and courage, determined that he is going to have his portion of Christ, if I speak figuratively. He is determined to have his portion of Christ. Do I want my way, what is right in my own eyes, or do I want Christ? We may try to have both, but in truth we can have only one or the other. Which do you have and which do I have?
C.H. Brown