Encouragement

Gideon And You 4

by Olawale Ogunsola
04/05/25
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Human beings never fail to equip their soldiers for the work they are employed for. They are not left alone to provide the weapons, uniforms training and so on needed by the army. They are supplied by the government which engages them.

If the hands of flesh can go a long way to do this for their army, should God do less? No!

Each individual who was sent by God into the world has been fully and duly equipped for the work assigned to him, no matter the nature of the work.

One common thing with mankind is that many are not aware of the work and their ability to do it. However, at the right time, the Lord will awaken the sleeping and slumbering giant in the man.

Although Gideon was occupied with the thoughts of how God should deliver him and his people from their slave masters, the Midianites, he never saw himself as the "tool" for the deliverance until one day when the Lord sent His angel to tell him what he was worth.
"[14]Then the Lord turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?” Judges 6:14.

Note well that Gideon was to go in his might to save his people from their enemies. He was not promised a new might to do so. He was to do the work with the might already embedded in him. He assured him that He sent him.
With this reminder and assurance, he did not see himself as a "fit and proper" person to deliver his people from their oppressors.
He assessed himself thus,
"[15]So he said to Him, “O my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”  Judges 6.

He could not see the "least from the weakest" as a deliverer of the multitude. Yet, he was already a chosen vessel!

It is not impossible to see yourself as a *"nobody"* but the truth of the matter is that there is a seed of greatness in you. Let it germinate and grow to bring forth good fruits for the Lord your God. The Lord is ready to be glorified in your life if you awake the sleeping giant in you. Take a giant step out of your cocoon. Act on the right and glorious things you have been thinking about for a long time. You can do it! You can achieve it! Let nothing hook you up. Success is yours. May the Lord crown your good efforts with success in the name of Jesus Christ. Stay blessed and prepared for the imminent coming of the Lord.