Power Of God's Point Of View

Key Scripture:  “The Angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!”  Judges 6;12

Power Point:

I guess one of the most important truths I have learned in the last few years is that God always sees us in terms of the person He has created us to be. That’s especially evident in the story of Gideon.  If you remember, the children of Israel had disobeyed God (again) and He had delivered them into the hands of the Midianites. Their armies would wait for Israel’s crops to grow and then destroy every bit of it. They took their livestock. The nation of Israel was left with nothing.

Gideon is hiding in a winepress threshing grain for bread, fearful lest someone might find him. Suddenly, the Angel of the Lord, (whom Gideon later declares as God Himself) appears in the winepress and greets him as a mighty man of valor.” Nothing could have been further from the truth at that moment. Yet God saw Gideon as what He had destined him to be, a mighty warrior for Him who would deliver Israel again. Gideon, obviously does not immediately see it the same way and so he asks God for confirmation, which God very graciously give him.  During the night, Gideon is sent to the camp of the Midianites and overhears a man who is telling a dream to his friend. He says, “ To my surprise, I saw a loaf of barley bread tumble into the Midian camp and it collapsed.” His friend immediately interprets the dream declaring that “this is the sword of Gideon.” What? As I looked at this what I began to understand is that God allowed Gideon to hear exactly what God had told him in the winepress. When God encountered Gideon-he’s preparing bread, not exactly a mighty act.  But God calls out things that do not exist at the moment as though they did and Gideon became what God had called out, a mighty warrior with a sword.

Beloved, are there people in your life who are not yet what God declares over them? Are you perhaps someone who cannot see yourself as God sees you? Ask Him to help you to see as He sees and begin to call out the Life, and the power in you and in others that will bring you into your destinies.  In God’s eyes, we are mighty men and women of valor. Valor means courage. You may not feel courageous at the moment but God is with you. Has He not sent you?

Gideon saw a man of fear. God saw a man of courage. The world saw a shepherd, God saw a king. The world saw a failure in Moses but God saw a deliverer. God’s eyes only see what He calls out. We need to find out what that is and call it out with Him.

The first thing Gideon did after his encounter with the Lord was to build an altar and call it “The Lord is Peace”, Jehovah Shalom. Shalom means wholeness, security, well-being, prosperity, peace and friendship. He had come from not ever seeing miracles to becoming one. So can you and so can I.

Power Thought:

Never, never, never give UP!