August 25

“Arise, for the Lord has given the camp of Midian into your hands.” And he divided the 300 men into three companies, and he put trumpets and empty pitchers into the hands of all of them, with torches inside the pitchers. Judges 7:15b,16.

We can not imagine any military leader equipping his army with trumpets and pitchers. The Lord’s ways are clearly not our ways! Yet, Gideon had total faith in God. In his mind the camp of the enemy was already in his hands. Although outnumbered by an army as numerous as locusts, Gideon showed a total confidence in the outcome.

We are to do the same. The world will constantly tell us that either God does not exist, or that He is ill equipped to deal with our lives. But in reality it is the opposite. God has a power far beyond what we can imagine—we must not let our limited view of Him dictate our attitude or convictions about serving Him. The world may ridicule us, it may even laugh at us, but God will prevail.

Dear Father, let me continue to marvel at Your grace and power. Simple things in my hands can translate into overwhelming power in Your hands. I ask that I never forget this. Let me not regard myself as having anything but weakness in Your sight. When my weakness is yielded to You it will magnify and bring glory to Your name. I ask that this day, and each day, that I learn this lesson. In the name of Jesus, Amen.
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