"23 ...the Lord said to him,
'Peace to you. Don’t be afraid, for you
will
not die.' 24 So Gideon
built an altar to the Lord there and
called it
Jehovah
Shalom. It is in Ophrah of the
Abiezrites until today."
Judges 6:23-24 HCSB
Imagine how you might feel
if God came to you with a special mission.
That mission would is to deliver your
country from their enemies. What would go through your head?
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This is what happened to a
very timid, shy, insecure, weak Gideon. An
angel of God appeared to him giving him that very assignment. Gideon's response was that he was the weakest
of his clan, how could he deliver his people.
God chose Gideon because he
was weak. Because Gideon was weak, the
glory would certainly go to God. God saw
something in Gideon that he did not see in himself.
Gideon presented a
sacrifice before the Lord. God received
the sacrifice…a meal on a rock, with broth poured over it. When God touched the sacrifice with the staff
in his hand, vs. 21 of Judges 6 tells us that fire rose from out of the rock
and consumed the meat and bread. God goes on to tell Gideon that he is safe, he is not to fear...he won't die. And then Gideon built an altar to the Lord. He called it Jehovah Shalom - God is our peace.
God gave Gideon peace which overcame any fear he had to do the task set before Him. Gideon went on to defeat the enemy without crippling fear. God's peace enable him to do what God called him to do. And God's peace can sustain us
through impossible circumstances. With
His peace, we can conquer all fear!
"9 …My grace is all you need. My power works best in
weakness...10 when I am weak, then I am strong."
2 Corinthians 12:9-10 NLT
2 Corinthians 12:9-10 NLT
"31 … If God is for us, who can ever be against us?"
Romans 8:31 NLT
May you always have the peace that only God can give. Jehovah Shalom - He is our peace!
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