How He came down to Help Them (Judges 6:11-13)

1/3/2010 8:29 AM

SPIRITUAL DIARY

My Worship Time                              Focus:  Now He came down to help them

Bible Reading & Meditation               Reference:  Judges 6:11-13

            Message of the verses:  “11 ¶  Then the angel of the LORD came and sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press in order to save it from the Midianites. 12  The angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, "The LORD is with you, O valiant warrior." 13  Then Gideon said to him, "O my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.’”

            The longer I study the Bible the more I learn how God uses the weak things in a person’s life to bring about something that glorifies Himself.  In second Corinthians the Apostle Paul tells his readers many personal things that happened to him while serving the Lord.  Paul tells of going to heaven and seeing things that mere man was not suppose to see and in order for him not to turn into a proud person the Lord gives him a “a torn in the flesh.”  Paul prays three times for it to be removed and the answer comes back from the Lord “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness."  Then Paul adds “Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.”  Paul learned one of the secrets of the Christian life, and that is that when a person is weak, then He becomes strong in the Lord, for then the Lord will receive glory because he is using the weakness of His children to accomplish great things.  Warren Wiersbe calls his commentary on the book of Judges “Be Available” and I think he chose this title is because all of the judges in the book of judges were available to do the work of the Lord even though they were all weak.  I have stated many times that Balham’s donkey is one of my most favorite characters in all of the Bible, and the reason is because she was available to do the work of the Lord whenever the Lord called her.  I want to be like that wonderful little donkey and be available when the Lord calls me to do His work, and I feel for sure that He will use my weakness.

            Gideon was probably a believer in the Lord and not a worshiper of Baal because of the statement that he makes in verse fifteen:  “I am the least in my father’s house.”  This could mean that he was the only one who did not worship Baal.

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  I think that I kind of got carried away in the first part of my devotions, writing things that should have been written here.

My Steps of Faith for Today:

1. Boast in my weakness.

1/3/2010 9:06 AM