God does not need abundance or crowds to give a victory; He only needs 300 men. This 300-man is a figurative number representing the right people, as seen in Gideon's battle with the Midianites.
There are 300 men for every season, assignment, and victory. Confidence in God was the strategy the Lord set out to teach Gideon, a reminder that Yahweh can achieve anything regardless of number, qualification, or location.
God has set a divine strategy, and He is revealing it to men and women today: "Put your trust in Me." Trust is built despite fear or confusion about the path ahead. If God led us only through paths we understand and can navigate on our own, we would never come to recognize His significance in our lives.
Those waters that appear strange and difficult are God's way of saying, "I want you to give Me the right to steer this boat. I promise you a safe landing, but it can only happen if I give the directions." God lays down the standards to set us off, but rest assured, He will bring us to our desired destination. This is the way God speaks to us.
Will you still choose the strategy of the Midianites that has already been defeated by God, or will you trust God to give you intel on the enemy’s camp?
The very first thing that Gideon did was "he saw"; he saw the crowd:
Judges 7:11 (ESV): "Then he went down with Purah his servant to the outposts of the armed men who were in the camp."
Judges 7:12 (ESV): "And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the East lay along the valley like locusts in abundance, and their camels were without number, as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance."
The abundance of soldiers and warriors would have overwhelmed him if he had simply seen and walked away. He might have looked at the vast army and retreated, thinking of his own small camp. But if this walk had ended with just "sight," Gideon would not have been able to build strength in God's strategy.
God wanted him to hear; He wanted to give him insight into what the enemies thought about him.
There are moments when God doesn’t want us to simply rely on what we see; He wants us to step into the realm of hearing. Our sight can be deceptive and create a false impression of the enemy. But when Gideon continued his walk, he heard:
Judges 7:13-14 (ESV): "When Gideon came, behold, a man was telling a dream to his comrade. And he said, ‘Behold, I dreamed a dream, and behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian and came to the tent and struck it so that it fell and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.’ And his comrade answered, ‘This is no other than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel. God has given into his hand Midian and all the camp.’"
Judges 7:15 (ESV): "As soon as Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, he worshiped..."
Gideon received strength only when he heard. It’s not just our sight, but our ears that must be quickened, so that we will always hear what is needed to build the courage and strength to thrive in God’s strategy.
We are getting the victory because we have heard. We have heard what God’s Word has said concerning sickness, failure, rejection, barrenness, and so on. In courage, we claim our victory.
Today, we have heard and rise in obedience to God’s strategy.
Stay revived!
By Guest Writer.
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