“The Lord told Gideon, “You have too many soldiers with you for me to drop Midian into their hands, because Israel would become arrogant and say, ‘It was my own abilities that delivered me.’ Judges 7:2

 

Out of the 32, 000 soldiers with Gideon, God allowed only 300 to go with him to fight, and win the battle. Gideon could have resisted God’s instruction and trusted in his natural strength but he decided to obey and is named as one of the heroes of faith in Hebrews 11.
If David had matched Goliath strength for strength, armour for armour, stature for stature in their encounter, where would the glory of God be in the victory? (1 Samuel 17)
Ask yourself, are there too many soldiers in your life? Do you attribute what is good to your own effort or do you allow God’s strength to manifest in your weakness? God often works through the circumstances of life to make us depend not on natural help but on God alone.
Peter’s disappointment took him to his encounter with Jesus (Luke 5). Paul’s thorn kept his eyes on Jesus so that he understood the secret that there is strength in weakness when God is involved (2 Corinthians 12).
Are you in pain, are you in want, are you hurt or disappointed? Are you engaged in a phenomenal battle? Victory in Christ Jesus is already there for those who recognise this truth: God always meets us at the point of our weakness for it is there that His strength is made perfect. Therefore, allow God into your weakness today and He will turn it to strength, and when you look back at this time, you will realise why God removed the many soldiers in your life, so He alone can take the glory.

THE MYSTERY OF GOD

“Where we desire vengeance, God pursues mercy. Where we encourage pride, God exalts the humble, where we focus on the outside, God looks at the heart. That is the greatest mystery of all – the God who created us now dwells not in temples built with human hands but within us by faith in our heart. (Acts 17:24).”

GOD’S LIFT

“IIf you enter a lift to go to the penthouse of a skyscraper building, how many of you would first press to go to down to the underground car park? No one! Yet, in God’s way of doing things, it is our job to submit and humble ourselves under Him and His job to lift us up in His time and in His way. In other words, humility is God’s lift for elevation.”

TICKET TO ETERNITY

“In Matthew 22:21 Jesus said, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” What is of God must return to Him. With the Word of God in your heart, you can one day return to Him in the world of glory.”