Day 7 - Judges

Day 7: JUDGES

“‘And the Lord said to Gideon, "The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel claim glory for itself against Me, saying, 'My own hand has saved me... 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.”...Now Zebah and Zalmunna were at Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand, all who were left of all the army of the people of the East; for one hundred and twenty thousand men who drew the sword had fallen. Then Gideon went up by the road... and he attacked the army while the camp felt secure. When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued them; and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and routed the whole army.”’ (Judges 8-9)

Question: Why did God tell Gideon to choose only 300 men to go to battle against an army of 120,000?
Answer: As the Lord said to Gideon above, “Lest Israel claim glory for itself against Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me…”

Let us be careful to give God the glory and credit that is due Him.