The Need for More Trust
It was dry on the fleece only, but there was dew on all the ground. Judges 6:40. Gideon deeply felt his own insufficiency for the great work before him. He dared not place himself at the head of the army without positive evidence that God had called him to this work and that He would […]
Righteousness Gains the Victory
The Lord said to him, “… tear down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the wooden image that is beside it.” Judges 6:25. The deliverer of Israel must declare war upon idolatry before he went to battle with the enemies of his people. He must esteem the honor of God […]
Growing Confidence
If now I have found favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You who talk with me. Judges 6:17. Gideon desired some token that the One now addressing him was the same that spoke to Moses in the burning bush. The angel had veiled the divine glory of His presence, […]
The Call of Gideon
So Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites, and the children of Israel cried out to the Lord. Judges 6:6. Alas, that in the history of God’s chosen people the sorrowful story of apostasy and its punishment must be so oft repeated! … Because of their sins, the protecting hand of God was withdrawn […]
Interpreter of Dreams
I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that you can understand a dream, to interpret it. Genesis 41:15. When Joseph interpreted the dreams of the butler and the cupbearer, he begged to be remembered when the chief butler should be […]
Victorious Over Temptation
How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? Genesis 39:9. When trial came, when the arts of woman were exercised to draw him into iniquity, Joseph preserved his integrity. Fair words and guileful entreaties did not cause him to swerve one hair from the right. All fell on ears that heard […]
