God’s love, which is stronger than death, is causing me to continue walking the path of the mission the Lord has given me (John 6:1–15). “At that very time some Pharisees came and said to Him, ‘Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill You.’ He replied, ‘Go tell that fox, “I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.” In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem! Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see Me again until you say, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord” (Luke 13:31–35). ...
Who believes in the word
of God's promises?
God spoke to Gideon,
instructing him to lead the Israelites against
the enemy camp of the Midianites,
saying, "I have given it into your
hand."
However, even after receiving this promise from
God,
it seems that Gideon was afraid to go down to
the Midianite camp.
Perhaps the reason was that the Midianites,
Amalekites,
and the people of the East were as numerous as
locusts,
and their camels were as numerous as the grains
of sand on the seashore.
Ultimately, it seems that Gideon doubted God's
promise,
possibly because he couldn't believe that with
just 300 Israelite soldiers,
God would enable them to defeat such a large
enemy army.
Interestingly, despite Gideon's doubt,
there was someone in the Midianite camp
who knew that God had given the entire camp into
Gideon's hand
(Judg. 7:9-14).
Gideon doubted God's promise,
but this Midianite individual believed in it.
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