“The
Three Hundred”
The Lord said to
Gideon, “You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian
into their hands, or Israel would boast against me, ‘My own strength has saved
me.’ Now announce to the army, ‘Anyone who trembles with fear may turn back and
leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand men left, while
ten thousand remained.
But the Lord said to
Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will
thin them out for you there. If I say, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall
go; but if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
So Gideon took the men
down to the water. There the Lord told him, “Separate those who lap the water
with their tongues as a dog laps from those who kneel down to drink.” Three
hundred of them drank from cupped hands, lapping like dogs. All the rest got
down on their knees to drink.
The Lord said to
Gideon, “With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the others go home.” So
Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites home but kept the three hundred, who
took over the provisions and trumpets of the others.
Now the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.
Judges
7:2-8
With God, it is not the
number of those who are on your side, it is the
quality that God will provide to them.
God tells us we will be
rescued, and He will give us victory.
Believe that!
Are you facing a
formidable challenge? He is the Lord, the God of all flesh. There is nothing
too hard for Him.
With
God, all things are possible.
Our
Daily Bread – February 24, 2014