HEALTHY SPIRIT
Serving A Perfect God Who Uses Imperfect People
Has God been asking you to do something for Him yet you have been dismissing yourself because of your imperfections? Have you been wondering “Who am I that God should use me?” If so, learn from the following people so that you can understand that God uses imperfect and insignificant people to achieve His perfect and significant plans if they obey and cooperate with Him. because he feared his father’s household and the men of the city too much to do it during the day, he did it at night. (Judges 6:27) In addition, Gideon thought that he was not qualified to lead for he said, “O my Lord, how can I save Israel for my clan is the weakest in Manasseh and I am the least in my father’s house.” (Judges 6:15) Furthermore, God wanted Gideon to lead an army of just 300 men to defeat the Midianites who were As numerous as locusts. (Judges 6:5) But, despite all his apparent imperfections, God was still able to use Gideon as His earthly Commander in Chief to accomplish His perfect plans. This is because God saw A mighty man of valor (Judges 6:12) in Gideon even though Gideon may not have seen that man in himself.
GIDEON
The first example of God using “imperfect people” who were just perfect for His plans is Gideon. Gideon’s qualifications were imperfect by human standards for God’s perfect plan of liberating the Israelites from their Midianite oppressors because he was afraid of the Midianites. This is evidenced by the fact that when God sent His angel to him, Gideon was threshing wheat while hiding in a winepress. (Judges 6:11) Gideon was not only afraid of the Midianites, he was also afraid of his people because when God told him to destroy his father’s Baal altar, Gideon did as God had told him, but
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God saw a mighty man of valor in Gideon.
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