Trusting God When Things Don’t Make Sense Judges 7.

Trusting God When Things Don’t Make Sense

Judges 7

• God did not call heroes – He called

servants.

1 Corinthians 1:27-29 ESV

“But God chose what is foolish in the

world to shame the wise; God chose

what is weak in the world to shame the

strong; 

1 Corinthians 1:27-29 ESV

God chose what is low and despised in

the world, even things that are not,

to bring to nothing things that

are, so that no human being might

boast in the presence of God.

2 Corinthians 12:9 paraphrase

God’s “power is most fully displayed

when [His] people are weak” .

God is more interested in His glory than our insecurities

 The Lord said to Gideon, “The people

with you are too many for me to give

the Midianites into their hand, lest

Israel boast over me, saying, ‘My own

hand has saved me. (7:2)

God is more interested in His glory than our insecurities

• God is made famous when we go after

things we can’t do in our own power.

God is more interested in His glory than our insecurities

• God is made famous when we go after

things we can’t do in our own power.

God is more interested in His glory than our insecurities

• God can’t be made famous when our

focus is on our fears.

God is more interested in His glory than our insecurities

• Remember the story is about God’s

glory – not the men

God is more interested in His glory than our insecurities

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God knows our fears reveal our spiritual weaknesses

• Gideon required human evidence

instead of trusting the Word of God

about the coming battle.

God knows our fears reveal our spiritual weaknesses

• Gideon was quick to believe the dream

of a pagan man, but he had trouble

believing God.

God knows our fears reveal our spiritual weaknesses

• Gideon announced a strange plan that

required supernatural power.

God knows our fears reveal our spiritual weaknesses

God will defeat our enemies if we follow His battle plan

God will defeat our enemies if we follow His battle plan

• God will defeat the enemy and defend

His people.

God will defeat our enemies if we follow His battle plan

• God’s order defeats the chaos of the

enemy.

God will defeat our enemies if we follow His battle plan

• God victory requires Gideon to pursue

not attack the enemy. (7:24-25)

Bottom Line:

• Never underestimate what God will do

for His glory!

For those not yet living a Jesus-centered life

• Jesus-centered people might be the 1

percenters but they will never be

destroyed.

For those not yet living a Jesus-centered life

• Jesus-centered people might be the 1

percenters but they will never be

destroyed.

For those living a Jesus-centered life

• Put your fears to the God dependence

test.

For those living a Jesus-centered life

• Put your fears to the God dependence

test.

For those living a Jesus-centered life

• Put your fears to the God dependence

test.

For those living a Jesus-centered life

• Put your fears to the God dependence

test.

• “I’ve always wanted to be somebody,

but I see now I should have been more

specific”.

For those living a Jesus-centered life

• God insists on the necessity of genuine

weakness.

For those living a Jesus-centered life

• Spiritual battles are won by being not

doing