What can I do?
Reading of the Day: Judges 6-8
Judges 6:15: And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
This question of, "What can I do?" can either come from the confident person who says, "What can I do?! I am ready to help!" Or, it can come from the insecure person who says, "What can I do? I'm nobody important." Thankfully in God, we can ask this question from the first perspective! And not because we are important, but because, like Deborah in the previous post, we can have a confidence in God! Gideon is the one posing this question in this Scripture, but he is coming from the insecure viewpoint. Not only was his family poor, he felt he was the least in his father's house also...but in God's eyes, those things had nothing to do with Gideon's calling! The angel of The Lord addressed him as a mighty man of valour, even knowing the excuses that Gideon was about to bring up! And Gideon says, "Wherewith shall I save Israel?" Or in our terms, "What can I do?" God knows the Truth of who we are better than we do! And the cool thing about this is that Gideon ends up getting the victory too...not only against his enemies, but over his negative view of himself! So next time you ask, "What can I do?" Ask it with confidence, knowing what GOD can do THROUGH YOU!
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Gina Pietrzak
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