No Bench-Warmers

Scripture: Judges 7 Key Verse: 7:5-7
So Gideon took the men down to the water. The LORD said to him, "Separate those who lap water with their tongues like dogs from those who kneel down to drink." Three hundred men lapped water with their hands to their mouths. All the rest of the men knelt down to drink water. Then the LORD said to Gideon, "with the 300 men who lapped water I will save you and hand Midian over to you. All the other men should go home."

Objective:
This is the battle that was described yesterday to Gideon. Gideon was told that he had too many men, and that Israel could still think it was by their own strength. God told Gideon to let the ones who are scared to go home, 22,000 men left. Then he was told to take the ones that drink water like dogs. So he ended up with and army of 300. After overhearing a dream one of the Midianites had, Gideon knew God was going to hand them over to him. The battle was easy as a horn and a lamp. Once he got the men on the run he called in reinforcements.

Application:
Overwhelming odds sometimes makes me second guess myself, but if it is something that God has asked us to do then we need to have no fear. The last two days we have looked at Gideon who is the weakest of the weak. We have watched him doubt God but at the same time he moved forward. We have seen him give tests to God, but at the same time he was in positions where God could answer.

Sometimes I tend to sit still while waiting for God's response. Maybe I need to get the ball into play and listen for the Lord's reply when I am ready for the next step. It is hard to not know the whole plan before beginning a journey. I have to trust in the fact that Go does know the whole plan, and if he has asked me to do something he will see it through. So get off the sideline and into the game, thats when the plays will be called.

Prayer:
Lord I don't want to be a bench-warmer. Help me make the moves that you want me to make. Help me remember that it is by your power things are accomplished. Lord us be the people you ask us to be and go to the places you send us.