Does God Know What He's Doing (Judges 6:14-24)

1/4/2010 7:36 AM

SPIRITUAL DIARY

My Worship Time                              Focus:  Does God know what He’s doing

Bible Reading & Meditation                        Reference:  Judges 6:14-24

            Message of the verses:  “14  And the Lord, turning to him, said, Go in the strength you have and be Israel’s saviour from Midian: have I not sent you? 15  And he said to him, O Lord, how may I be the saviour of Israel? See, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house. 16  Then the Lord said to him, Truly, I will be with you, and you will overcome the Midianites as if they were one man. 17  So he said to him, If now I have grace in your eyes, then give me a sign that it is you who are talking to me. 18  Do not go away till I come with my offering and put it before you. And he said, I will not go away before you come back. 19  Then Gideon went in and made ready a young goat, and with an ephah of meal he made unleavened cakes: he put the meat in a basket and the soup in which it had been cooked he put in a pot, and he took it out to him under the oak-tree and gave it to him there. 20  And the angel of God said to him, Take the meat and the unleavened cakes and put them down on the rock over there, draining out the soup over them. And he did so. 21  Then the angel of the Lord put out the stick which was in his hand, touching the meat and the cakes with the end of it; and a flame came up out of the rock, burning up the meat and the cakes: and the angel of the Lord was seen no longer. 22  Then Gideon was certain that he was the angel of the Lord; and Gideon said, I am in fear, O Lord God! For I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face. 23  But the Lord said to him, Peace be with you; have no fear: you are in no danger of death. 24  Then Gideon made an altar there to the Lord, and gave it the name Yahweh-shalom; to this day it is in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.”

            This section is all about faith, and faith is something that Gideon had little of, however God would bring about an increase in the faith of Gideon.  I think that it is easy to put Gideon down, but there were circumstances in his life that probably caused his faith to be weak.  The way that the children of Israel were living in fear at that time may have been an issue for Gideon.  The children of Israel were taught that if they truly saw the Lord that they would die and this was another factor.  Gideon had heard of Moses and Moses did not believe the Lord at first either.

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  The OT is for learning today, learning from the mistakes that some of the OT characters made, and learning that I don’t have to make those same mistakes today, but that I have to follow the Lord’s commandments by faith even though at times that is hard to do.  Gideon needed to be shown a sign, and there are times that I would like to have a sign from the Lord before I do something in order for me to know that the Lord is leading me to do something.  I think that this is a lack of faith.

My Steps of Faith for Today:

1. I don’t want to live my life in a doubting manner, but trust the Lord and trust the Holy Spirit to show me how to live my life in His power through His Word.

1/4/2010 8:07 AM