“Mighty hero, the LORD is with you!”

Judges 6; Judges 7; Psalm 52; 1 Corinthians 14
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Scripture

Judges 6

12 The angel of the LORD appeared to him and said, “Mighty hero, the LORD is with you!”

Observation

The Mighty hero is of course Gideon and you really need to take a minute and read the entire chapter about the making of a Mighty hero! I think that it will encourage you in your spiritual walk today. When the angel of the Lord found Gideon he was hiding in the bottom of a wine press from the Midianites trying to thresh some wheat. Gideon was the least in his family and his tribe was the least significant in Israel at least that is what he told the angel of the Lord.

God was extremely patient with Gideon as you might remember. Gideon was the one that put out the fleece, not once but twice. Finally God showed Gideon that yes he was a Mighty hero and God put Gideon to a huge test. Gideon had an army of 22,000 fighting men but God told him that the army was too big. He told Gideon to ask the soldiers if they were scared and if they were scared they should go home so 12,000 were scared and went back home. God then said that 10,000 were still too many. He told Gideon to have the warriors drink water from a stream and the ones that drank water using a cupped hand were 300 and the rest of the 12,000 just stuck their heads in the water to drink. God said to send all home except the 300 that drank water with a cupped hand and God said that He would win the battle with the 300.

The Mighty hero went to battle with the 300 + God and won the battle! Gideon was indeed a Mighty warrior. God + one is a majority! It reminds me of what Apostle Paul says in Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”

Gideon is also found in the famous “Hall of Faith” chapter in Hebrews 11.

Application

With God on our side we too can be Mighty heroes!

Prayer

Heavenly Father, thank you for putting this story in the Bible to encourage us. It doesn’t matter if we are outnumbered as long as you are on our side. Help us not to become discouraged as we watch what is happening to our country. Lord, raise up a strong Mighty hero that will lead us and Lord raise up strong voices in our churches that will give our country hope, courage, and direction. Silence men that preach hate and prejudice and use your church to bring people together. Please raise up Mighty heroes Lord. Amen.

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