Daily Reading
Judges 6-7
Psalm 52
1 Corinthians 14
Scripture
14 Then the Lord turned to him and said, “Go with the strength you have, and rescue Israel from the Midianites. I am sending you!”
15 “But Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in the whole tribe of Manasseh, and I am the least in my entire family!”
16 The Lord said to him, “I will be with you. And you will destroy the Midianites as if you were fighting against one man.” (Judg 6:14-16)
Observation
Gideon was a nobody. He was really more than a nobody. He was the least of the least. Sounds like God’s economy again; you know, the one that doesn’ t make sense but always seems to work. God said to Gideon, “Go with the strength you have.” Gideon laughs and says, “What strength? I have none. I am the least of the entire tribe! What strength?”
Application
Again we see how God uses our weaknesses to fulfil His purpose. God used Gideon and 300 men to rescue Israel from starvation and oppression. Why does God like to do this? Because we “will boast [to God] that [we] saved [ourselves] by [our] own strength” (Judg 7:2) So, like Paul, I want to be “glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.” (2 Cor 12:9)
Prayer
Lord God, thank you for Your economy. Thank you for making the foolish things wise. I am weak. I thank you for my weaknesses. I don’t ever want to say that I have done something in my own strength. Like Paul, though, I ask that the weakness I have, (you know what I am talking about) would be taken away. But, if it is what keeps me humble, I know that you will give me strength to handle it.
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