AUGUST  21

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

2JUDGES 6:11-24


“And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour”(Judg. 6:12)

Gideon was a man mightily used of God. He took 300 men and defeated an army that numbered in the millions. It was one the greatest military victories of all time. Yet, Gideon didn’t start out in confidence.

The angel of the Lord greeted him with, “The Lord is with thee thou mighty man of valour.” But Gideon responded saying, “Why then can’t I see it?” He didn’t see himself as a mighty man of valour at all. He was hiding his threshing of wheat from the Midianites so they wouldn’t steal his meager harvest. Gideon didn’t see himself the way God saw him.

The rest of the story is a succession of tests that Gideon gave God to convince himself that the Lord was really with him and that He would do what He said He would. But the truth was that Gideon was a mighty man of valour the moment God said he was. It just took him a while to recognize it. God knew who Gideon really was before he did.

Likewise, God knows who we are and what our capabilities are. He’s the one who created us. Furthermore, this isn’t just limited to our personal talents and abilities. Every Christian has the same promise that they can do the same works that Jesus did. Each one of us has unlimited potential in Christ, but it doesn’t matter what our potential is. The determining factor is who WE believe we are.

Gideon was finally persuaded that what God said about him was true. When we become convinced that what God says about us is true, then we’ll see victory too! (AW)