I love how the Bible shows us the heroes of the faith not only in their strong moments, but also in their weak ones. If God did not show us these things in His Word, how would we see that through their weakness came strength?

We know Gideon as a mighty warrior of God, but he did not start out that way. He started out as a weak person. In fact, he questions how they will even survive. (Have you ever had days like that? Are you having a day like that?)

I love the way that this passage starts out. “The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.” At this point, Gideon was not looking like a mighty man of valour through human eyes. His country was under tyranny. He was from a poor family and the “least” in his home. God knew what Gideon could do when He worked through him.

Gideon asks many things of the Lord in his weak faith. God answered. Then, Gideon went on to do amazing works for God. God heard and answered his prayers in ways one could never imagine. Through Gideon, God released Israel from bondage. (Read Judges 6-8. It will bless your heart to see all that God did!)

Judges 6:12-23

^“12 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

¹³ And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

¹⁴ And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?

¹⁵ And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.

¹⁶ And the Lord said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.

¹⁷ And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.

¹⁸ Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.

¹⁹ And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.

²⁰ And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.

²¹ Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight.

²² And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the Lord, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord God! for because I have seen an angel of the Lord face to face.

²³ And the Lord said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.”

God answers prayer. He meets us where we are at and provides strength through our weakness. Do not hesitate to ask God the hard questions. He wants to help. He longs to deliver. He can do great things through us when we give our lives to Him and trust Him.