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Have you ever felt the need to pad your
prayers? Ever feel there are things you just couldn’t ask God because of their unlikelihood?
Today I read a Bible story that reminds us that our God is more powerful than
we can think or imagine.
The Lord can do a whole lot
with even a very little.
In
Judges 7 we find the nation of Israel dealing with an aggressive foe, the
Midianites. Israel had their crops destroyed, their cities raided and were left
to flee to caves for safety. Then the Lord calls Gideon to rescue his people.
Gideon amasses an impressive army of 32,000 soldiers. To this the Lord says, “You have too many men. I cannot deliver
Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me, ‘My own strength has
saved me.’” So, those who were afraid could go home and 10,000 are left.
Still the Lord says, “There
are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will thin them out
for you there.” Depending on how the soldiers drank water from the river,
some could stay, the majority could go home. Finally, there were only 300 left!!! The
Lord brought them from a fighting force of 32,000 to only 300… The size of their initial force demonstrates
the size and power and fear Israel had for the Midianites. But can you guess
who won? The 300.
Throughout the Bible the Lord is in the habit of doing
amazing things in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Just look at the
focal point of the Bible – a humble Jesus dying in our place to give us freedom
from sin, death, and the devil. Talk to the Lord always and especially
highlight and ask for things that seem impossible. Our Lord makes
the impossible routine.
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