We are exploring a very critical spiritual disciple that we call Going on a God Hunt. What we’re doing is learning how to look for evidences of God making His presence known in our everyday worlds.
In today’s blog post, I want to continue to explore the area of service or ministry, and how God frequently chooses to work right alongside us when we are involved in His business.
We began in the last blog post by looking at the Old Testament portion of Scripture found in Judges, Chapter 7. If you’re just joining my blog with today’s post, you may want to scroll down and at least read the last blog post—if not scroll all the way down to the beginning of this series. That way, you’ll be right up to date.
So, Gideon is in a pickle. God has whittled down the number of troops Gideon has to fight the Midianites from 32,000 to 300! But God doesn’t leave Gideon dangling. In the terminology of our present series, he provides his commander with a wonderful God Hunt “Sighting.” What I’m going to share with you next is a God Hunt passage related to the category I’ve been calling “any help to do God’s work in the world.”
“Now the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley. During that night the Lord said to Gideon, “Get up, go down against the camp, because I am going to give it into your hands. If you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah and listen to what they are saying. Afterward, you will be encouraged to attack, the camp.” The Midianites, the Amalekites and all the other eastern peoples had settled in the valley, thick as locusts. Their camels could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore.
Gideon arrived just as a man was telling a friend his dream. “I had a dream,” he was saying. “A round loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent with such force that the tent overturned and collapsed.”
His friend responded, “This can be nothing other than the sword of Gideon, son of Joash, the Israelite. God has given the Midianites and the whole camp into his hands.”
I’ll leave it to you to read further about the great victory of these 300 men. But for now, suffice it to say that at a time in Gideon’s service for the Lord when he had reason to be a bit shaky, God provided the aid he required to carry out his assigned task. Jehovah graciously gave his servant the help that was needed to do his work in the world.
In Monday’s blog post, I will plan to offer you a more contemporary illustration of this God Hunt principle. I hope that you will enjoy some time in worship over the weekend. May God refresh you as you celebrate His Presence in your life. And, when Monday rolls around, I hope you will come back to this blog as I continue to explore this important spiritual discipline of seeing God’s Hand in our everyday lives.
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