Judges 6:33-35 Then all the Midianites and Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezsreel. But the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet, and Abi-ezer was gathered after him. And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
Imagine I wore a coat and said, “You’ve never seen anything like this.” And then I told the coat to raise its arms, but I lifted my arms to wave the coats’ arms. Then I commanded, “Coat, hold up my Bible,” but I lifted my arm to hold up my Bible. You would call me silly or foolish because the coat is not doing anything on its own. The fact that the coat moves is not the coat; it’s the person in the coat. That’s what we see in this passage. It’s not the man, it’s God in the man. That’s what it means when the Bible says, God “came upon God:” God was working through Gideon.
It's not your scholarship, it’s your relationship. It’s not your ability, it’s your availability. It’s not your fame, it’s your faith. It’s not who you are, it’s whose you are.
1 Corinthians 1:26-27 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty.
You were made for more than just living your own way. You were made to live for God and to let Him guide you as He did Gideon. What are some ways God has used you for His purposes? What can you do to be ready for God to use you at all times? Ask God to lead you the way He led Gideon.
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