Daily Devotions

Judges 6: 14Go with the strength you have … I will be with you…

Many of us can identify with Gideon who said he came from the smallest tribe and he was the least among his own tribe. Gideon had a low self-esteem and he saw himself as a nobody when the Lord came to him and called him to rise up and go and destroy the Midianites.

Not everyone inherits a noble and high position. In fact whenever God wants to use certain people, he did not go among the nobles are privileged group. God always go to those who are lowly, humble and simple and God makes leaders and kings out of them.

Joseph was a slave and a prisoner before he became a prime minister and the ruler of Egypt and surrounding areas. He was next to pharaoh and he yielded absolute power which was given to him by pharaoh.

Daniel was also a slave boy and he was chosen by God and put in a position of favour and he too became a prime minister of a powerful nation.

God had called Gideon who was a very timid man; in fact he was threshing his grain inside a wine-press hidden from sight because he did not want his enemies to see that he was threshing grain. He was afraid that the enemies would come and rob him of his harvest. Then the Lord came and addressed him as a man of valour when he was actually so timid.

We also read of how insecure he was when he put the Lord to the test by putting out the fleece to seek God’s confirmation.

Today God is still in the business of making successful men from the poor and simple people. God delights to make success out of failure and we have seen how God had also raised successful business men and helped to build empires for them.

In the ministry side, God has also raised many successful spiritual leaders from nothing. I have seen that there were many who were simple and foolish looking but after God had His hand on these ministers, He literally lifted them up from the mire and planted them on to high places where they were equipped and trained as successful ministers.

Some have even become global leaders when they actually started off by being house church leaders. This is the way God equip and bless His people. He sees our hearts and our faith. We can be nobodies, we can even be discarded by others but God can pick is up and transform us into His might vessels like Gideon and many other mighty men of God.

Today if we remain humble and committed to God, His eyes will still be upon us. We may be hidden in our own wine press but God will know where we are and he will call us out to be equipped and used by Him. The only thing we need to do is to trust and obey as He call us. When He calls He will also equip and promote.