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How You Can Be a Mighty Warrior for God
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No one knew who Gideon was - he was just someone’s son. He
was only known by his relationship with someone else. It’s like when no one
knows who you are - nothing special. In Christ you are invincible. We aren’t
defined by our past, our feelings, or even by what we’re doing right now. If
God says it, it’s true! No matter how much fear you might be feeling right now,
if you take hold of God’s strength, He sees you as a mighty warrior as well. God
sends you and me to confront our problems and the issues that we think are too
big for us. You will be a mighty warrior for God simply because He will be with
you. When you take hold of that promise as a reality in your own life, you
become a mighty warrior for God.
Dr. Eliezer Gonzalez
The story of Gideon
in the Bible shows you how you can be a might warrior for God.
The back-story is
that for years, the Midianites have been raiding the people of God, the
Israelites.
Every spring, after the harvest, they would come in huge numbers, and steal all the crops.
The Israelites had
no military strength to resist the large armies of the Midianites, so they
remained in hunger and misery.
When we first meet
him, in Judges 6, it’s not an auspicious introduction.
He is presented
simply as the son of Joash. I guess that’s natural.
No one knew who
Gideon was. He was just someone’s son. He was only known by his relationship
with someone else.
It’s like when no
one knows who you are. They only know you as someone’s wife, or someone’s
husband, or someone’s daughter. Nothing special.
Also, when we first
meet him, Gideon is doing something rather odd. He’s kind of sneaking around,
and if you look closely, you’ll see that he’s trying to hide the grain from the
harvest.
Now that’s not a
promising start to being a mighty warrior for God: to be sneaking around and
hiding, is it?
Fear is the
unspoken cloud that too often holds us back from achieving great things, and
Gideon was just like you and me.
However, it’s how the angel of the Lord addresses Gideon that is
interesting. He says to him, “The Lord is with you, mighty
warrior“ (verse 13).
What the angel of the Lord says seems to be completely opposite to Gideon’s actions.
Gideon, a mighty warrior? Hardly! And Gideon thinks so to,
because he responds, with, “Pardon me…” (verse 13).
It’s almost as if Gideon looks around to see if there is a “mighty
warrior” anywhere in sight, and then kind of says, “Excuse me. Are you
talking to me?”
But instead of
someone who is fearful, God sees a mighty warrior.
Gideon goes on to ask the angel of the Lord, … if the Lord is
with us, why has all this happened to us? (verse 13)
Gideon asks the “why” question that we often ask: “Why
has this happened to me?”
But the angel of
the Lord doesn’t answer the “why” question.
Instead, he answers
the “who” question and the “how” question.
First the “who” question. The angel of the Lord says to
Gideon, “I’m sending you” (verse 14, paraphrased).
Next the “how” question. The angel of the Lord says, “I
will be with you” (verse 16).
In Christ you are invincible.
Here are the lessons from this story about how you can be a mighty warrior for God.
First of all, we
have to learn to accept who God says we are.
We aren’t defined
by our past, our feelings, or even by what we’re doing right now.
If God says it,
it’s true! No matter how much fear you might be feeling right now, just like
with Gideon, if you take hold of God’s strength, he sees you as a mighty
warrior as well.
The angel of the
Lord told Gideon that he was sending him.
In the same way,
God sends you and me to confront our problems and the issues that we think are
too big for us.
And the reason why
you will overcome won’t be because within yourself you’re the strongest, most
talented, or the bravest; not at all!
You will be a
mighty warrior for God simply because he will be with you.
When you take hold
of that promise as a reality in your own life, you become a mighty warrior for
God.
In every situation, no matter how desperate it may seem, you will be invincible. – Eliezer Gonzalez
Dr Eliezer Gonzalez is simply passionate about the gospel. With a background in teaching and management, the Lord called him to the gospel ministry and set him on an academic path. As a result, Eliezer earned two Master’s degrees (in Theology and Early Christian History), and then a PhD in Early Christian History. Let him introduce himself to you here:His academic specialization is the early history of Christianity, and he was written prolifically in published books and in historical and theological academic journals. But don’t let that fool you! Eliezer Gonzalez communicates the gospel of the crucified and risen Christ in a powerful and simple way.Eliezer Gonzalez has presented the gospel publicly in many countries and in many different forums. He considers it a privilege to be able to do his bit so that the Word Spreads Fast. Eliezer is praying for millions upon millions of people to be in the Kingdom of God because of the ministry of Good News Unlimited. Our mission at Good News Unlimited is to spread the Word across the world through simple and powerful gospel content. GNU doesn’t represent a church; we simply represent the essential truth of the Gospel with no boundaries or limitations.
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