Impossibilities

So lately I’ve been studying about Gideon… turns out he’s a pretty cool guy: just your average dude, chosen to lead the Lord’s army against the enemy. Seems like it would be an impossible task for a “nobody” without any experience or connections, right??

Well the cool thing about it is our God is in the business of doing the impossible.

You see, I’ve found that He likes to make things supernatural sometimes, solely so He can get ALL of the credit and ALL of the glory. Sometimes, He allows us to be in situations where only His power could pull us through, so that we have to look to Him for the strength. That’s what Gideon had to do… trust that God knew what He was doing.

Often times, I think we get caught up in this idea that God’s will for our lives is hidden somewhere and we have to be on the lookout at all times or we will miss it… But the truth is, if we are spending entirely too much time looking around for God’s next assignment, we are probably not doing a very good job on what He has us doing right now.

Trust that when you are doing the simple things that the Bible tells you is the will of God, HE will reveal the next step:

Encourage those who are timid. Take tender care of those who are weak. Be patient with everyone. See that no one pays back evil for evil…. but always try to do good to each other and to all people. Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in ALL circumstances. For THIS is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. (1 Thessalonians 5:14-18)

God revealed His will, His next assignment, to Gideon: God downsized Gideon’s troop from 10,000 men to a mere 300… that is not very many guys in this scenario.

Scary? Yes.

Logical? No.

Ultimately God-glorifying? Absolutely.

Gideon took a huge leap of faith and obeyed. And the crazy part?! Gideon won. GOD won.

Perhaps God is downsizing some areas in our lives too?

Friends. Money. Stability. A job. All of those things that make you feel secure.

And although you may never understand why He does that in certain situations, can you trust Him without fully understanding?

One mark of a mature Christian is accepting God’s ways without having to completely understand them.