We live in a numbers obsessed world...
“Then the LORD said to Gideon, "By the three hundred men who lapped I will save you,
and deliver the Midianites into your hand...”
Judges 7:7a
Except for the bathroom scale, the higher the number...the better: bank accounts, followers, housing square footage, friends, likes, even...church attendance, ...however, God isn’t hung-up with numbers like we can be. Ahem...like I can be.
The Lord whittled Gideon’s army from 32,000 to 300 men. God alone was going to rout the Midianites. He didn’t...He doesn’t...need numbers to accomplish His plans. He just needs open, tender, faith-filled hearts and then...watch out for His miraculous workings...that do not need human strength.
Yes, numbers are a good way to inventory what is happening...but not the only way. And, one hungry life following after the One and Only...is all Jesus needs. Sign me up, Lord!
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