Dia 1: Nothing in Particular

it's been a pretty good day
these are the easy ones. . . or maybe the hard ones
the ones where life seems all good and you feel like you deserve what you don't need
Idk

anyway today I was reading in Judges and I'm at the part where God is having Gideon
downsize his army. God makes the point that with a large army the Israelites wouldn't
glorify God for a battle won. They would basically just say "look what we did" when the reality
of the situation is that the reason they were going to win this battle was because
God was going to deliver their enemies to them.

God first had Gideon tell the people that if they were afraid to simply turn back
this lowered the number of the men a lot
however God was still not satisfied with the number of people in the army

So God had Gideon do one more downsizing.
When the army stopped for water all of the men who knelt down
to drink water were not to fight but to stay in camp
and all the men who cuffed water in their hands and drunk the water were to fight

there were only 300 men who cuffed the water

most people say that God did it this way because those who cuffed the water
in their hands were still battle ready whereas those who were kneeling over the water
had dropped their guard maybe yes maybe no

alls I know is that Gideon was now working with a much smaller army
than he began with.

this is as far as I've gotten today, but thinking about this
I see that sometimes God has us downsize our armies so that He can
show us that Yes it is Him who glorifies us and to Him be all the glory
Though we have few resources
when God is on our side
nothing can stop us

We must trust Him though
and in victory we ought to give Him glory
in fact
as His children when He brings victories
even in the small things
it's always good to thank Him and give glory
it's always good to tell people about the things that He does in our lives
whether they be big or small

if we stop testifying
we stop reminding ourselves and others of where our victory comes from
when we stop reminding ourselves and others where our victory comes from
we forget where our victory comes from
when we forget where our victory comes from
we rely on ourselves . . .

and then . .

we lose!

Lets not be losers

testify!!!!!

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me

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