WITNESSS
8-16-13
THE STORY OF GIDEON
How many of you/us
Have ever
Gone into an empty hotel room
And found nothing there
Except a GIDEON BIBLE—in the drawer
Do you know
Who Gideon was
Gideon was a warrior
And leader of Israel
At that time
The Midianites were oppressing Israel
And the people of Israel
Cried out to the Lord
Because of Midian
God sent an angel
To appear to Gideon
And said,
“The Lord is with you
Mighty warrior”
Judges 6:12
And Gideon said,
“If the Lord is with us
Why has ALL this happened to us” Judges 6:13
Do you ever feel that way
I know that I do
Well--for those of us
Who have encountered trouble
In this life—and who hasn’t
We know that there is NO ANSWER
To the question of WHY
The Lord—our God
Permits trouble
To happen to us
Permits life
To happen to us
But DON”T FORGET
To open that drawer
To open that book
To read that book
THE GIDEON BIBLE
The Lord Tells Gideon
To go and save Israel
But Gideon says,
“How can I save Israel
My clan is the weakest in Manasseh
And I am the LEAST in my family” Judges
6:15
And the Lord answers back,
“I will be with you
And you will strike down
ALL the Midianites together” Judges
6:16
FAITH
Perhaps All Gideon needed
Was a little bit of faith
Like we all do
In times of trouble
God told Gideon
That he had too many men
And sifted his army
From 20,000 –down to 300
And the LORD OUR GOD
Delivered the entire Midianite army
Into Gideon’s hands
Then Gideon
Killed the two evil kings
And the people
Asked Gideon to be their ruler
But Gideon said,
“I will NOT RULE over you
Neither will my son
Rule over you
The LORD will rule over you” Judges 8:23
So the next time
You are in that hotel room all alone
Instead of doing something else
Read the GIDEON BIBLE
And let the LORD
RULE OVER YOU
Robert P. Wallman
5-15-12
Ps WITNESS 8-16-13
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