Breakthrough

In Judges 7:9, the Lord told Gideon to go into the enemy’s camp to receive confirmation that the Midianites would be delivered into his hand. The Lord had culled Gideon’s men down to 300, and the enemy had thousands. Gideon was naturally afraid. His eyes were on his lack of resources instead of God’s promise.

A lot of us can identify with Gideon because we, too, have known fear. Gideon had a hard time coming to grips with the fact God had chosen him to do something significant. Gideon had already put out two fleeces because of his fear, and the Lord had revealed that Israel would be delivered (Judges 6:36-40). Now in Judges 7:10, the Lord tells Gideon if he is still afraid to attack, he is to take his servant with him into the enemy’s camp. There he will hear something that will encourage and strengthen him.

Going into the enemy’s camp sounds unreasonable to our thinking. Walking right into danger makes no sense. Why would Gideon do it? Because his fear was overwhelming him, and he desperately needed to trust God. There are somethings we can’t receive where we are safe. Somethings that we hunger for, we have actually protected ourselves from. Many times, we have made ourselves so comfortable where we are that access to what we have asked can only be found in surrender to what makes no sense to our natural minds.

Even though Gideon was afraid, he took his servant and under the cover of night he responded quickly to the Lord’s instruction. He heard two men talking. One man was saying to the other that he had this dream that a loaf of barley bread rolled down the hill and wiped out their tent. The other man immediately answered that this was none other than Gideon, the servant of the Lord, who would wipe them out.

This was just what Gideon needed to hear. His faith soared even though nothing in the natural had changed. He still faced overwhelming odds. But now he didn’t see them. He walked boldly back out of the enemy’s camp, giving instruction to his men. Gideon got his courage but he got it in an unexpected way. He walked right into the enemy’s camp to hear a word from the Lord. Gideon heard what he needed to hear. He got the word he needed to get, and he went forward with 300 men. Blowing trumpets and smashing jars, the Midianites heard what they believed was a great army and fled. Gideon had won the moment He believed God. It was his breakthrough.

Have you kept yourself so safe that you have missed the breakthrough God has for you? You must break down the barriers that have insulated you, and expect to hear God. Most often you must step out of your comfort zone to hear him. God speaks in the most unusual ways, but He speaks so that you can hear and understand. He speaks to give you hope and reinforce what He has promised you. He speaks desiring you to trust Him and respond to Him in faith.

Several years ago, I found myself in Gideon’s place. The Word of God promised me victory, but I was worn out from fear and fleeces that never gave lasting security. The Holy Spirit took me out of my comfort zone and challenged me to believe God’s unquestionable truth for me. I knew doubt wasn’t an option. In the darkness, I heard His promise. After months of sowing His Word in my heart, my faith soared. I knew I was healed, and it was OK that my body didn’t know it yet. My heart did. Jesus had overcome. My victory wasn’t someday. It was now. It had already been secured by His precious blood for me a long time ago. I had all I needed. I had Jesus.

What I am seeking is not just found in knowledge. It’s found in His Presence. Bold faith is discovered in quiet trust. I’m not there in my journey, but I’m going in that direction. Each day is another beginning and another instruction for His Life to change me. If I let go of the One in whom I believe, I will drown in the evil the enemy plans for me. I refuse to play into his hands. May I never allow myself to let go of this precious gift His grace has given me.

God’s Word doesn’t lie. God was never the problem. The problem was I didn’t believe Him in my heart. God didn’t cause my illness. In the darkness, I finally heard Him. I had never grasped the true power of God’s grace until the hope I heard in the enemy’s camp moved me to believe Him in my heart.

Jesus desires to build quiet trust in you and in me so we can stand strong in our faith. Believe Him. Don’t doubt because you see no proof. Keep your eyes on His faithful promises and not what you lack. Trust Him in your valley. God is higher and above everything. Jesus has won, and the enemy has fled the camp.

“This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: ‘In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it’” (Isaiah 30:15).

Lord Jesus, I choose all of it. I choose you.



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