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Biblical Lives: Gideon
Evangel
High School Class
Series: Biblical
Lives to Live By
Genesis-II
Samuel
Noah Abraham & Sarah Rebekah Jacob
Joseph Moses Joshua
Deborah & Jael
Gideon Samson Hannah
Samuel Naomi & Ruth David
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Series written and published to the Web by Dale
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Gideon
This lesson is based on the following passages: (If
you are online, you can look them up at Bible
Gateway.)
Judges 6, 7, & 8:1-23
Discuss the following questions:
Why was Gideon threshing wheat in a wine press when the angel
of the Lord first appeared to him?
What does the story about Gideon and the fleece tell you
about Gideon?
What are the things Gideon is afraid of in these chapters,
when you count them all up?
How does God deal with Gideon's uncertainty?
How does God deal with Gideon's fears?
It seems odd that God would tell such a fearful leader to
trim down his army. Why do you think God kept asking Gideon to
cut more people from his force?
How is Gideon's attitude in chapter 8 different from his
attitude in chapter 6?
How are the fears and uncertainties in Gideon's life like
those in our own lives? Can you think of examples?
What can we learn from Gideon's life and God's work with
him?
Summary of Gideon: Gaining the Confidence
and Courage to Lead
When the angel of the Lord first comes to
Gideon, he says, "The Lord is with you, mighty warrior."
Gideon seemed to be anything but a mighty warrior. He was so
afraid of the Midianites that he was threshing wheat in a place
where the wind would not be able to help carry the chaff away.
He evidently didn't think God was with him, or if he did think
so, he wasn't very confident that God would take care of him.
God spoke to him in a way more appropriate for the person he
would become than for the person he was.
As we read about Gideon, we see that he has
many fears and that he is not very confident. He has a poor self
image. He's afraid of the Midianites; he's afraid of the men
in his own village and so he destroys the altar to Baal at night.
He is evidently afraid of the enemy's army when it gathers in
a nearby valley.
He is uncertain as well as afraid. He isn't
sure God is talking to him when the angel of the Lord first appears
to him. He isn't sure he has understood God's instructions correctly,
so he asks God for a sign. When God gives him the sign he asked
for, he isn't sure that it is God speaking--he thinks it might
be a coincidence--so he asks God for another sign, just the opposite
of the first one.
God was patient with Gideon's weaknesses.
God gave him the signs he needed to be confident that he understood
God's direction. He showed him the fear of the enemy by letting
him overhear the interpretation of a dream one of the enemy soldiers
had had the night before.
Yet, God also asked Gideon to whittle down
his army! He did this, even though Gideon was afraid, to teach
Gideon, Israel, and us a lesson. Deliverance and power do not
come from human numbers or wisdom. Instead, God has all the power,
and He can send victory even when we seem to be overwhelmed by
the enemy's power.
God has called us to do work for him. Two
things keep us from doing it--fear and lack of understanding.
If God was willing to work with Gideon, as He did, to give him
courage and clarity, then He will work with us as well if we
ask Him to and wait upon Him. Furthermore, we can be confident
that nothing can harm us when it comes to the things that really
count. Jesus told us not to fear the one who can kill the body
but to fear the one who can throw our souls into hell. Who can
do that? Only God. What has God done? He has sent His son to
be a sacrifice for our sins so that our souls will be safe from
destruction. Therefore, we have nothing to fear: neither life
nor death, principalities nor powers, things present nor things
to come can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus
(see Romans 8).
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