title: we are not small!!!! We are big

In the book of judges chapter 6 it says :
"Because the power of Midian was so oppressive, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in mountain clefts, caves and strongholds. 3 Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peoples invaded the country. 4 They camped on the land and ruined the crops all the way to Gaza and did not spare a living thing for Israel, neither sheep nor cattle nor donkeys. 5 They came up with their livestock and their tents like swarms of locusts. It was impossible to count the men and their camels; they invaded the land to ravage it. 6 Midian so impoverished the Israelites that they cried out to the LORD for help"

After reading this, it tells me that the midian were so strong that the Israelites were too scared of the midian thus, they let them have their way. They took everything that the Israelites have! Their size is so big that its like counting sand on the beach! so the Israelites cried to the Lord for help.

It continue to read:
"11 The angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites. 12 When the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon, he said, "The LORD is with you, mighty warrior."
13 "But sir," Gideon replied, "if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders that our fathers told us about when they said, 'Did not the LORD bring us up out of Egypt?' But now the LORD has abandoned us and put us into the hand of Midian." 14 The LORD turned to him and said, "Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian's hand. Am I not sending you?"
15 "But Lord , [a] " Gideon asked, "how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family."

From this i infer that The Lord has sent Gideon but Gideon have doubt and said that is clan is the weakest and i think Gideon does not have faith in the Lord.

It continue to read:
The LORD answered, "I will be with you, and you will strike down all the Midianites together." ................................................... But the LORD said to him, "Peace! Do not be afraid. You are not going to die."

well, if you read further, Gideon soon after have the courage and went because he trusted Lord and he also built an altar.

Then at judges 7 it reads:
13 Gideon arrived just as a man was telling a friend his dream. "I had a dream," he was saying. "A round loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent with such force that the tent overturned and collapsed."
14 His friend responded, "This can be nothing other than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has given the Midianites and the whole camp into his hands."

What i think is that God had told 2 man about how Gideon will over Midianites with the power of God.

It contunue to read:
15 When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he worshiped God. He returned to the camp of Israel and called out, "Get up! The LORD has given the Midianite camp into your hands." 16 Dividing the three hundred men into three companies, he placed trumpets and empty jars in the hands of all of them, with torches inside.
17 "Watch me," he told them. "Follow my lead. When I get to the edge of the camp, do exactly as I do. 18 When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, then from all around the camp blow yours and shout, 'For the LORD and for Gideon.' "
19 Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guard. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars that were in their hands. 20 The three companies blew the trumpets and smashed the jars. Grasping the torches in their left hands and holding in their right hands the trumpets they were to blow, they shouted, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!" 21 While each man held his position around the camp, all the Midianites ran, crying out as they fled.

Now, reading this, 300 man agains an army which is way more powerful but in the name of the Lord, That army had lost just by the words " A sword for the LORD and for Gideon" How cool is that?


well, at times we may seem that a certain thing is impossible to do or overcome because we know that its too hard or its big to face it! And we may seem so small, weak and useless when the problem arises! But think about it, how many time when we face problem, we face it by our own limited strength instead of saying " Lord, by Your mercy and grace, help me overcome this difficulty and i place this into Your hands"? I'm sure if you pray about it, Lord mercy and grace will open a path for you to go! And remember to thank God for it...In the name of God, we are never too small because the Lord will always be with us!!