Warrior as Mighty Man of God

The difference between a man and a warrior can be boiled down to a few powerful characteristics. Every Warrior for God’s Plans MUST have the bold confidence in Him that we see in a leader who was made and awakened by God.  

Judges 7:15-20 (Amplified Version)

¹⁵ When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship before the Lord. Then he returned to the Israelite camp and shouted, “Get up! For the Lord has given you victory over the Midianite hordes!” ¹⁶ He divided the 300 men into three groups and gave each man a ram’s horn and a clay jar with a torch in it.
¹⁷ Then he said to them, “Keep your eyes on me. When I come to the edge of the camp, do just as I do. ¹⁸ As soon as I and those with me blow the rams’ horns, blow your horns, too, all around the entire camp, and shout, ‘For the Lord and for Gideon!’”
¹⁹ It was just after midnight, after the changing of the guard, when Gideon and the 100 men with him reached the edge of the Midianite camp. Suddenly, they blew the rams’ horns and broke their clay jars. ²⁰ Then all three groups blew their horns and broke their jars. They held the blazing torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, and they all shouted, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!”
 

Gideon, being a man so accustomed to mediocrity and failure that he not only doubts himself, but he extends that doubt to God’s judgment in choosing him. This is a pattern and attitude of someone who has been “beaten down by life” – something that all of us have either known ourselves of know of someone who has been there.

   

Then, when God refuses to doubt him over and over again, Gideon is transformed. By this chapter, we are looking at a Warrior and a Leader that God can be assured will follow His Plan without doubt, no matter what happens.  

We must be willing to trust Him blindly and explicitly. We must be prepared to become a Leader (v16-17) and a Warrior (v18-20) for God. The 300 follow Gideon with full confidence for only ONE reason – because Gideon followed Him with full confidence in Him. God has called YOU to be one of His Leaders, so move with the FULL confidence of Him in you. Be strong in the Lord and be ready to use your sword. The scratches and nicks on your blade are well earned and hard fought, so keep them to remind you that HE is with YOU!  

Blessings,

Bryan