Jdg 6:11 Now the Angel of the LORD came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from the Midianites. Jdg 6:12 And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him, and said to him, “The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor!”
The Israelites had been reduced to an animal like existence living in caves with all their produce and animals taken. The Midianites allied themselves with Amalekites and together raided the Israelites seasonally sweeping from the East across the country plundering it off its crops and animals. And they cried out to the Lord who sent them a deliverer.
The person to be commissioned for this service was Gideon. When the angel appeared to him, Gideon was threshing wheat not on the threshing floor in a wine – press in order to hide it from the Midianites . The angel addressed him as a mighty man of valour and he definitely got perplexed. Although Gideon was a giant – brave and courageous, he had lived a life of obscurity , timidity and fear.
And like Gideon, many of us have not realized our full capacity for the things that we would want to achieve in life . God has put a seed of greatness in everyone of us. We may still be hiding from our “Midianites” ( our tormentors, intimidators, critics etc) because we fear them. You have been a sleeping giant. It’s time to arise and accomplish your God given goals and visions! You have to embrace the challenges ahead of you and take calculated risks!
Further readings:
Jos 1:5
Isa 41:15
Luk 1:28
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