Devotionary

In today’s episode we’ll be in chapters 7 and 8 of the book of Judges and I’ve entitled it “Little Is Much When God Is In It.” Those are actually the lyrics from a song made popular by the Gaither Vocal Band a number of years ago. They speak of God’s ability to use our weakness to accomplish great things for the kingdom. When God is the power behind our efforts, we can accomplish great things and enjoy remarkable victories. We live in a world where everything seems to be measured in numbers. We are convinced that more means better. In fact, we say things like “the more, the merrier” and “bigger is better”. But in God’s grand scheme of things, less is often more. That was to be the case in the story of Gideon and his battle against the Midianites. He was already outnumbered and grossly under-equipped to face the Midianite army, and then found himself receiving some less-than-logical directions from God to reduce his forces even further. What God was telling him to do made no sense. It seemed suicidal. But God