“Gideon used fire because the electricity ran out. God said blow the horns and crash real big, and He would give them electricity,” says Weston, 4.
I’m sure Gideon and his band of 300 would be surprised to know they solved Israel’s energy crisis in the late 11th century B.C. The problem in Gideon’s day, however, was a spiritual energy crisis. God called the most unlikely man to lead a spiritual revival that began with the destruction of idols.
Dustin, 4, has another version of a Gideon lesson: “I learned you don’t have to hit or fight. You just smash the jars and show the light. Then you win!”
Add 300 trumpets, and you’ve got the picture. Gideon and his 32,000 men were outnumbered by more than four to one. God told Gideon he had too many soldiers in his outnumbered army. Gideon announced that all scared soldiers should go home. Twenty-two thousand soldiers hit the road. That left 10,000. God ran the numbers again. Still too many.
Next came the etiquette test. If you drink like a dog, you could stay. But if you get on your knees to drink from the water, start packing. Read it for yourself in the Book of Judges, chapter seven. General Gideon now had only 300 dog-faced soldiers, or soldiers who drank like dogs.
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