May 19, 2016 We are the Champions!!!!!!!!!

Reading: 1 Thessalonians 1-2 and Judges 7-8

Scripture: Judges 7:7, And the Lord said to Gideon, "With the 300 men who lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hand, and let all the others go every man to his home."

Observation: Leading up to verse seven God kept giving people a way to go home, then after over half of them left God gave Gideon a test to take it down even more. God wanted to show Israel once again, that he is stronger and over any other god that could be out there. That is why God brought it down to just 300 men. God sent Gideon and 300 men up against an army and in those day a nations power was gauged by the size of their standing army, the number of guys they had. The Bible does not say how large the army was but I'm guessing that they would not be called an army with less then 5000 men but that fact that at first there was 22000 men that went up with Gideon that the army was at least that big if not larger. 

Application: God has told us though out the word that we are his chosen ones, we are one of the 300 going up against a huge army. We just need to remember that, “for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.”(1 John 4:4b) We have been given the strength and authority to overcome every attack the evil one send our way because “Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”(2 Kings 6:16) We are chosen, we are set aside, we are warriors and champions in the Lord.

Prayer: Father, thank you for wining the war even though we still have to battle each day. You have won it all and given us the armor and the weapon that will win each battle. I thank you for the blessings and the provisions that you pour out on us and on those you have adopted into your family. Help us to take up that Armor and Weapon each and every day to over come the evil one.