Jdg 6:11 Now the Angel of the LORD came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from the Midianites. Jdg 6:12 And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him, and said to him, “The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor!”
The Israelites had been reduced to an animal like existence living in caves with all their produce and animals taken. The Medianites allied themselves with Amalekites and together raided the Israelites seasonally sweeping from the East across the country plundering it off its crops and animals. And they cried out to the Lord who sent them a deliverer.
The person to be commissioned for this service was Gideon. When the angel appeared to him, Gideon was threshing wheat not on the threshing floor but in a wine – press in order to hide it from the Medianites. The angel addressed him as a “mighty man of valour” and he definitely got perplexed. Although Gideon was a giant – brave and courageous, he was living in obscurity ,timidity and fear.
We may also be oscillating and operating under the same circumstances as Gideon ; we are hiding. Hiding from the Medianites ( our critics, tormentors, intimidators etc) because we fear that they will arise and plunder all that we try to put together. But God is inspiring us with all the necessary qualifications for the execution of the assignment ahead of you. The Lord is with you mighty man of valour! You have the heavenly backing! God has put in you the seeds of greatness.
Further readings:
Jos 1:5
Isa 41:15
Luk 1:28
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