The Least and the Youngest Used by God

 God is not limited in any way by who He can use to do great things. In fact, I believe He prefers to use the least and most common people to do His work. Then, there is not doubt that He did it, and they did not do it themselves. God is not arrogant, but He deserves all of the glory, and that is often how He gets it.

Gideon is a prime example of this reality. God came to him and told him that He was going to use him to defeat the Midianites. (Judges 6:15,16) Gideon said to the Lord, "O Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my family is least in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father's house." Yet the Lord said to him, "I will certainly be with you, and you will defeat Midian as one man." So God used the least to win a great victory.

Once we come to know Christ as Lord and Savior, we have the Holy Spirit in us. God lives in us. Paul tells us in Ephesians 1:19-20 that we have the same power that raised Jesus from the dead in us. God can use that great power to do whatever He desires for us to do. We do not have to be prefect. We just have to be one of His, like Gideon was.

In fact, Gideon had doubts like us. He made errors in judgment like us. He was just a common man whom God used to do uncommon things. All any of us need to do is to know Christ and to let Him has His way in our lives. Then, when He wants us to do something for Him, He is with us, and He will see that it gets done, as long as we trust Him.

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Tomorrow, I intend to read Judges 9-12.