26th July 2012
"Behold, my family is poor...and I am the least in my father's house" - Judges 6:15
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Do you struggle with a sense of inadequacy? Do you feel that you just don't have sufficient resources for the job you are called to do? Gideon had this problem. The Lord called him to deliver His people from the oppression of the Midianites:
Go in this thy might, and thou shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites; have i not sent thee?
God's promises should have been enough for Gideon, but he was looking at himself and his own deficiencies. Gideon reasoned with the Lord that he was from a poor family. And being an unknown with no position, he felt he ws unqualified for such an awesome task
The Lord reassured Gideon:
Surely I will be with thee, and thou shall smite the Midianites as one man.
Just as Gideon became adequate for the task as he placed his trust in God, so God's promise that He has sent you and that He will be with you, is your divine adequacy. When you make God your source, He makes your inadequacies - whether in abilities, finances, resources, or health - more than adequate.
He is your sufficiency!
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Prayer: Lord Jesus teach me to trust you. Amen
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