Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Judges 6:1-3, 7-14
by: Dale E. Rood.
The situation was grave. The Israelites were in hiding for fear of the Midianites. Gideon himself was doing an activity which he wanted to keep hidden. Into this situation comes an angel of the Lord and addresses Gideon as “mighty warrior” (v. 12). That is not the way Gideon saw himself, but it is the way God saw him. Do you think there might be a difference between the way you see yourself and the way God sees you? How might that affect your sense of call from God? Notice that God calls Gideon to go in the strength that he has (v. 14). God never calls us to do anything beyond the strength he gives us.