God Knows We Need Encouragement
[9] That same night the LORD said to him, “Arise, go down against the camp, for I have given it into your hand. [10] But if you are...
Being on the Lookout and Moving Forward
[5] So he brought the people down to the water. And the LORD said to Gideon, “Every one who laps the water with his tongue, as a dog...
Boasting in Big Numbers or the Big God
[1] Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp...
Laying Out a Fleece To Learn God’s Will
[36] Then Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said, [37] behold, I am laying a fleece of wool on the...
The Holy Spirit Gathered People to Gideon
33 Now all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East came together, and they crossed the Jordan and encamped in the...
God Goes By His Plan Not Our Fears or Imagination
In the morning when the people of the town got up, there was Baal’s altar, demolished, with the Asherah pole beside it cut down and the...
God Leads Gideon from Dinner to a Revolution
[22] Then Gideon perceived that he was the angel of the LORD. And Gideon said, “Alas, O Lord GOD! For now I have seen the angel of the...
God’s Calling is Empowerment Not Extortion
[16] And the LORD said to him, “But I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.” [17] And he said to him, “If...
Mighty Warrior Is Scared but Faithful
[11] Now the angel of the LORD came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon was...