Last night I was going through the channels. This is usually short as we only have over the air television. I stopped because I saw a Veggie Tales episode. It was “Gideon – Mighty Man Of Valor”. This just happens to be my favorite episode of the series.
While I was sitting there our son came in and sat down in the chair next to me and began to watch. This is no surprise. I love the music during Gideon and Israel’s battle. It is like school fight music and would make good music to exercise to (if I were bent on exercising). I always try to slap my hands against my legs in time to the music and sometimes our son tries to imitate me. His fine motor skills are not what a young man his age should be so this is difficult for him and it is hard for me to see, truthfully.
I began to think about Gideon. There is a lot we can learn from him and his life. We should all take time and make a concentrated effort to study Gideon. He was told by an angel that God had chosen him to lead the Israelites in battle and then he reduced the size of the army a couple times.
God used Gideon’s great faith and many other characteristics to form him into a great leader. Look at Judges 6:27, “Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father’s household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.” Even great leaders have time of fear and failure. Gideon destroyed his father’s idol worship in the night fearing his father and the men of the city who were involved in the same paganism. Yet, he did what God instructed Him to do.
Over and over Gideon proves himself. What about you and I? God is looking for us to fulfill His plan. He has called us all to some thing. We may not see it as great; but, I can assure you it is necessary. The world needs you and I to stand up and serve God in a way that points them to Him; but, we seem to be failing miserably at this. May God help us to get back to work where He has called us.
So, how are you doing?