In your own strength or God's? Judges 7:2

Good morning everyone! God is good all the time, all the time God is good. TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!

How strong are you really? Physically and emotionally? Can you do it by yourself. The strength of the LORD is where our strength lies.

Judges 7:2 "The LORD said to Gideon, 'You have too many warriors with you. If I let all of you fight the Midianites, the Israelites will boast to me that they saved themselves by their own strength.'"

Gideon recruited 32,000 men. The LORD reduced his army to 10,000 men. Being human can't you image the talk - what is Gideon doing? Has he lost his mind? What is he thinking?

Then the LORD reduced this 10,000 men down to 300. Whoa! Ole Gideon has really lost it now! Has he been drinking the funny drink and eating of the funny weed? What is going on? We know what was happening because we read the book. They did not have the book to read. In one word what was going on?

Self-sufficiency is a handicap when it causes us to believe we can do what needs to be done in our own strength. These men came to fight, but God reduced the amount of men....why? To God be the glory!

Like Gideon, we must recognize the danger of fighting in our own strength. We can be confident of victory against life's challenges and temptation only if we put our confidence in God, not ourselves. Above, the one word is - GOD! How did Gideon decide on the 300? What did God tell Gideon to do? Stay tuned. Love you all.

In Christ's Love and Grace
Johnny