This Might of Yours

"Then the LORD turned to him and said, "Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?"

Judges 6:14

The tasks God calls His people to undertake will always require faith.  These will always be greater tasks than a man can accomplish in his own strength.  The Israelites had been greatly impoverished by the Midianites who brutally oppressed them.  God called Gideon and said to him, "The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour."  Gideon did not look or feel the part.  He certainly was unable to destroy the Midianites on his own or he would already would have tried to do it!  It was God that prompted him to even consider the crazy notion of massing a force to defeat the mighty Midianites.  It was God and His mighty sword that routed the Midianite nation.

God said to Gideon, "Go in this might of yours!"  It was not that Gideon himself was mighty.  Because God was with him, Gideon would be going in God's might.  The Angel of the LORD continued:  "You shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites.  Have I not sent you?"  Gideon did not feel mighty, but he was mighty because a mighty God empowered him.  God had called Gideon, sent Him to perform a task in faith, and it was God who would secure the victory.  Gideon's part was to believe God and obey.  Instead of focusing on the great Midianite nation as a deadly threat, Gideon was called to look to God as His source of life and strength.

It is the same for Christians today.  God has called us all to undertake steps of faith for His eternal glory.  We may not feel strong or like a "mighty man of valour," but when God is our life and strength we shall overcome.  Paul wrote in Galatians 2:20, "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me."  Christ has overcome, and when He lives His life through us we also obtain the victory through Him.  We need not fear the evils of this world or even Satan's schemes and power when we have the all-powerful God residing within our hearts, granting us joy, peace, and strength even in the midst of struggles.  He is a refuge that protects us wherever we go, regardless of what befalls us.

Take confidence in Christ, o man!  Don't trust Him just for eternal life, but for living today.  Go in this might of yours - might that is not found in your flesh, but in the Spirit of God who dwells within you by grace.