Today in Sunday School, Shep taught on Gideon out of Judges chapter 6. One thing that Shep pointed out from the beginning of Chapter 6, is something that I struggle with all of the time.
Then the angel of the LORD came and sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press in order to save it from the Midianites. The angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, "The LORD is with you, O valiant warrior." (Judges 6:11-12 NASB)
At this time it is a little ironic that the angel of the Lord called Gideon a "valiant warrior" when he was hiding in the wine press. As Shep asked us to think about why this was the main thing that pointed out was the difference between how God sees us and how we see ourselves. For us it is easy to see why the angel called Gideon a valiant warrior, we can finish reading the account and get the full understanding. I find myself struggling though with what I know that I am called to do and why God is asking me to do this. I keep hearing the voice of someone who was suppose to be a mentor telling me that I would never be successful and for me that is so easy to believe. I don't totally understand why, but it is much easier to believe the bad stuff people say about me than the good stuff and unfortunately I seem to adopt the bad stuff that people say as the way I seem myself as well. The TRUTH that is that I'm a child of God, and even though I'm not good in myself, that though HIM I can do anything that HE calls me to.
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