trusting god when things don’t make sense judges 7
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Trusting God When Things Don’t Make Sense
Judges 7
• God did not call heroes – He called
servants.
1 Corinthians 1:27-29 ESV
“But God chose what is foolish in the
world to shame the wise; God chose
what is weak in the world to shame the
strong;
1 Corinthians 1:27-29 ESV
God chose what is low and despised in
the world, even things that are not,
to bring to nothing things that
are, so that no human being might
boast in the presence of God.
2 Corinthians 12:9 paraphrase
God’s “power is most fully displayed
when [His] people are weak” .
God is more interested in His glory than our insecurities
The Lord said to Gideon, “The people
with you are too many for me to give
the Midianites into their hand, lest
Israel boast over me, saying, ‘My own
hand has saved me. (7:2)
God is more interested in His glory than our insecurities
• God is made famous when we go after
things we can’t do in our own power.
God is more interested in His glory than our insecurities
• God is made famous when we go after
things we can’t do in our own power.
God is more interested in His glory than our insecurities
• God can’t be made famous when our
focus is on our fears.
God is more interested in His glory than our insecurities
• Remember the story is about God’s
glory – not the men
God is more interested in His glory than our insecurities
400:1
God knows our fears reveal our spiritual weaknesses
• Gideon required human evidence
instead of trusting the Word of God
about the coming battle.
God knows our fears reveal our spiritual weaknesses
• Gideon was quick to believe the dream
of a pagan man, but he had trouble
believing God.
God knows our fears reveal our spiritual weaknesses
• Gideon announced a strange plan that
required supernatural power.
God knows our fears reveal our spiritual weaknesses
God will defeat our enemies if we follow His battle plan
God will defeat our enemies if we follow His battle plan
• God will defeat the enemy and defend
His people.
God will defeat our enemies if we follow His battle plan
• God’s order defeats the chaos of the
enemy.
God will defeat our enemies if we follow His battle plan
• God victory requires Gideon to pursue
not attack the enemy. (7:24-25)
Bottom Line:
• Never underestimate what God will do
for His glory!
For those not yet living a Jesus-centered life
• Jesus-centered people might be the 1
percenters but they will never be
destroyed.
For those not yet living a Jesus-centered life
• Jesus-centered people might be the 1
percenters but they will never be
destroyed.
For those living a Jesus-centered life
• Put your fears to the God dependence
test.
For those living a Jesus-centered life
• Put your fears to the God dependence
test.
For those living a Jesus-centered life
• Put your fears to the God dependence
test.
For those living a Jesus-centered life
• Put your fears to the God dependence
test.
• “I’ve always wanted to be somebody,
but I see now I should have been more
specific”.
For those living a Jesus-centered life
• God insists on the necessity of genuine
weakness.
For those living a Jesus-centered life
• Spiritual battles are won by being not
doing
