Good morning, y'all!
Judges 7:4-8
But the LORD said to Gideon, "The people are still too many; bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. Then it will be, that of whom I say to you, 'This one shall go with you,' the same shall go with you; and of whomever I say to you, 'This one shall not go with you,' the same shall not go." So he brought the people down to the water. And the LORD said to Gideon, "Everyone who laps from the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set apart by himself; likewise everyone who gets down on his knees to drink." And the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people got down on their knees to drink water. Then the LORD said to Gideon, "By the three hundred men who lapped I will save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand. Let all the other people go, every man to his place." So the people took provisions and their trumpets in their hands. And he sent away all the rest of Israel, every man to his tent, and retained those three hundred men. Now the camp of Midian was below him in the valley.
God gave Gideon the directions for this "test" one step at a time:
1) take them down to the water
2) split them into these two groups
3) keep these with you, send those home
Only as Gideon obeyed each command was the next part revealed to him. And even once his army was finalized after this test, he still didn't know how in the world they were supposed to defeat the Midianites! But God revealed that to him, too, when the time was right.
I always want to see the big picture now. I want to know exactly where I'm going, what I'm doing, how, why and when. That's just not usually how God works! He works and leads in my life one step at a time, and only when I take the step He's showing me will I see what the next step is.
Father, help me to follow You one step at a time, trusting that You will reveal Your will to me at the right time -- Your time.
May the Lord richly bless you as you walk in step-by-step obedience to Him!
Dancing in the rain,
Haley "SunShine" Miller
"Exhort one another daily while it is called 'Today'" (Hebrews 3:13)
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May the Lord bless you and yours richly with His grace and joy!
May the Lord bless you and yours richly with His grace and joy!
Thursday, October 8, 2009
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