IF YOU ARE AFRAID
Judges 7:9-11
On that same night the Lord said to him, “Arise, go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand. But if you are afraid to go down, go down to the camp with Purah your servant. Listen to what they shall say, and afterward your hands shall be strong and you shall then go down into the camp.” And he went down with Purah his servant to the edge of the camp of the fifty.
Encouraging Words
All too often, people portray God as some angry, judgmental, cosmic being that demands our worship and complicity. This could not be farther from the truth. He is compassionate and loving. Upon the first creation of man and women, he walked with them in the Garden of Eden, conversing with them regularly. In His great love for us. He created us with free will and the ability to follow Him or reject Him. In this passage He is giving Gideon instructions on how to defeat His enemies. He does not force Gideon to do His work but instead gives him an opportunity to address his human fears. This comes from love for us. We have this kind of choice all the time as followers of Christ. Glory be to God!
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