On Gideon

Judges 6:14  •  1 min. read  •  grade level: 2
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“The Lord looked upon him [Gideon], and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?” (Judg. 6:1414And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee? (Judges 6:14)).
What was his might? That God sent him! That is all the might you need. If God sends you, if He commissions you, He will be with you; He will be your strength.
Now we find the true state of the man coming out. He says, “Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel?” (Judg. 6:1515And 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 6:15)). What am I? “Behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.” What a wonderful confession! That is the kind of person God can use. It was Gideon’s very weakness that was the source of his strength; that was the reason God appeared to him; it was the spirit of the man. God as much as says, “That is the kind of man I can use.” The Word of God says, “When I am weak, then am I strong” (2 Cor. 12:1010Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. (2 Corinthians 12:10)).
C. H. Brown