Judges 6:12

When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The LORD is with you, mighty warrior.”

 

From Background Notes [BN] for January 11^th & 12^th  written by Pastor Bob Brown:

 

Think of what you were when you were called?  Or more correctly, “Think of what you thought about yourself when you were called”!  Gideon brought no boast of his ability to God in response to his call, but instead confessed his utter inability to be the one “to strike down all the Midianites together.”

 

That’s a remarkable description in 6:16, as Yahweh proceeds to explain why Gideon will be able to do this marvelous feat. “I will be with you,” Yahweh tells him, and so God’s man will be able to do what God asks him to do. Until this moment he did not consider himself able, but the assurance of Yahweh’s presence is enough to turn his heart.  [BN,9]

 

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