Gideon's Strength

"The LORD turned to him and said, "Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian's hand. Am I not sending you?"...Judges 6:14

Gideon's strength obviously was not  on the outside but deep in his innermost being. Because he knew that the God of Abraham existed, he was determined to reject the situation imposed by his enemies.

The greatest problem of people is not so much their difficult situation itself, but what they think about it. If someone is suffering from a certain problem and does not believe there is a way out, how can he possibly fight it?

Now we understand why the Lord Jesus asked the blind man: "What do you want Me to do for you"(Mark 10:51).The Lord knew very well what the blind man needed, even because it was obvious, but the Lord wanted the confession of his faith! In other words, he has to manifest his faith for his problem to be solved. Of course! If the blind man had not believed in his healing he would never have called out to the Lord Jesus. For a person to be freed from his problems, he must first believe that it is possible. This belief is his strength!

This was Gideon's strength! An inner energy capable of leading him to the fight and the achievement of victory.All the Angel said to Gideon was just one word: GO! In fact, it was the same word the Lord Jesus said to the blind man: GO!

The fuel that powers an engine is petrol, gas, diesel, oxygen, alcohol, or electricity. The fuel of life is oxygen, but the fuel that leads a person to victory is the faith that comes from God. Whoever wants to conquer the benefits of faith must follow its impulses and take action.

A man or woman of God must fill up their 'tank' with this fuel. But if they do not 'start' the engine, that is, if they do not act their faith, then it is no use being filled with  fuel or filled with the Holy Spirit.

Supernatural faith is the energy of God inside of us, but He cannot force us to act! We ourselves must act by our own initiative!The Angel of God chose Gideon from among millions of his people because his 'tank' was full. And yet, he was not aware of his own power. He did not realise the power he had inside of him. Why? Because his spiritual eyes were closed.

Whilst he paid attention to the information given to him by his physical eyes, he could only see difficulties, misery, hunger,fear, humiliation, the power of the enemies, the weakness of Israel, etc. But a voice shouted inside of him: "No! This situation cannot go on! My God is the same as that of  my fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Israel! If He delivered them in the past, He must deliver us today!".

In other words, when his physical eyes drew his attention  to the situation around him, his spiritual eyes complained and disturbed him internally...There was an internal conflict. On the one hand, the voice of feelings aroused by his physical vision and , on the other hand, the voice of faith stimulated by the knowledge of the Living God.

When the Angel appeared to him, He simply kindled the flame of his strength, saying: What are you waiting for?Go...and save Israel! Am I not  sending you? Go quickly!Go at once! Go right now!

You have probably already noticed that faith is closely associated with action! Faith is action. It is doing something! Go in your faith today and win every battle that is becoming a mountain before you !! Go!!Go now!!Go quickly!!

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Enim