God Gave Gideon another Promise (Judges 7:9)

1/9/2010 8:10 AM

SPIRITUAL DIARY

My Worship Time                    Focus:  God gave Gideon another promise

Bible Reading & Meditation               Reference:  Judges 7:9

            Message of the verse:  “9 ¶  Now the same night it came about that the LORD said to him, "Arise, go down against the camp, for I have given it into your hands.”

            As stated in the first SD on chapter seven of Judges that there are three important principles of faith here and the first one has been covered in earlier SD’s.  The second principle of faith is that “God encourages our faith” of which there are two points under this second principle and in today’s SD I am covering this first sup-point.

            Now the Lord had already given Gideon three signs to confirm to him that he was to attack and bring victory over the Midianites through the power of the Lord.  The three signs were the fire out of the rock, the wet fleece, and the dry fleece. 

            The Lord knows that we are just made of dust and that we are weak, but the Lord uses the weak things to bring honor and glory to Himself.  Paul spoke of this in his second letter to the Corinthians when he penned:  “And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.”

            In this verse God tells Gideon to go down against the camp because He has given it into Gideon’s hands.  This was similar when the Lord told Joshua to go against the people of Jericho for He had given them into Joshua’s hands.

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  This quote from Warren Wiersbe’s commentary on Judges will be my spiritual meaning for my life today:  “Christians who believe God’s promises and see Him do great things are humbled to know that the God of the universe cares about them and is on their side.  They claim no merit in their faith or honor from their victories.  All the glory goes to the Lord because He did it all!” 

My Steps of Faith for Today:

1. I want to be humble in the sight of the Lord.

1/9/2010 8:33 AM