- clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.” And the Lord said to him, “But I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.” Judges 6:15-16 – If you’ve ever doubted yourself, if you ever thought you weren’t enough, let this passage be for you. Gideon identifies for God all His drawbacks and how does God respond? “But I will be with you.” So will He be with you in all He’s leading you in. We can come to God with an extravagant list of all our shortcomings, but God will just remind you again He is with you and supporting you. Never forget every step you take forward is one God’s already taking ahead of you. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 586
- So Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the Lord had told him. But because he was too afraid of his family and the men of the town to do it by day, he did it by night. Judges 6:27 – Sometimes we’ll still have fear, but if we still do all that God is calling us to do despite the fear, God still sees that as faithfulness. We don’t see God shaming Gideon for his fear nor punishing him for waiting till night to do this. In verse 34 we see God clothing Gideon with His Spirit. God will be calling us to do things that will be scary. Maybe we’ll fear the repercussions or fear the opposition, yet if we move forward despite that fear God is still pleased. Let’s seek to “fear not” like scripture speaks on so many times, but in the process of lessening our fear let’s keep moving forward faithfully. As the wise John Wayne once said, “Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway.” I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1789
- When the people of Israel cried out to the Lord on account of the Midianites…Judges 6:7 – After the victory of Deborah and Barak, Israel had rest for 40 years. At some point after the rest period, we see Israel once again turn back to their sinful idolatry and they once again found themselves under the oppression of a foreign enemy. After seven years of the oppression and having all their food and livestock taken from them completely from these enemies, and after being brough very low by the enemy, we see the people of God finally cry out to Him for help. This though was after the Israel retreated to the mountains for protection and after Israel have gotten clever with ways to hide their food. After they had exhausted all their methods that were within their power to save them, only then did they reach out the Lord that brought them out of Egypt. While not an uncommon message to hear within our walk, let us remember how essential it is that prayer for God’s help not be our last report, but instead let it be our first move. If the God who commands angel armies and who created the universe is always with us, why would we try to do anything without Him? Whatever season or thing you are working through, exhausting yourself because you are trying to find victory in that season or thing through your own power, know that is not the path God desires for you. God desires for you today to lean on Him. You don’t have to wait till you’ve spent all your energy and exhausted every other option for you to finally approach God and ask for His aid. He is available right now to you to help with whatever it is you are navigating. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2862
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