"And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said to him, "The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!"
Gideon said to Him, " O my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about saying, 'Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?' But now the Lord has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites."
Then the Lord turned to him and said, "Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?"
Judges 6:12-14 (NKJV)
Gideon said to Him, " O my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about saying, 'Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?' But now the Lord has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites."
Then the Lord turned to him and said, "Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?"
Judges 6:12-14 (NKJV)
What if someone presented you with a stone and told you that you could keep the stone or you could have a piece of chocolate instead? Unless you did not like chocolate, you would probably get rid of the stone and take the chocolate. Would it be logical to just feel bad and complain about having a stone when you could have the chocolate? Maybe you would rather have something else instead of the chocolate, but wouldn't it be better to focus on what you do have than what you don't?
In Judges 6 we read about Gideon. Gideon was an Israelite who lived during a time when Israel was being dominated by their enemies. The good thing was that God wanted to use Gideon to defeat Israel's enemies. But, when the Angel of the Lord came to tell Gideon the good news, all Gideon could do was focus on his problems and questions about why things were not better than they were. As Gideon was being presented with the answer to his problems, all Gideon could do at first was to complain about the situation.
So often we are like Gideon, we spend time looking at the negative aspects of the situation we are in, rather than consider the positive things. Gideon could have made the choice to be thankful that God was ready to deliver Israel, or that God was going to use him, rather than wonder why he did not see some things the way he thought he should. What about us, are we going to be thankful about the positive things that are going on, or will we complain about the negative things? We need to make the thankful choice and give thanks for the things we can, and not just complain about the bad things in life.
So often we are like Gideon, we spend time looking at the negative aspects of the situation we are in, rather than consider the positive things. Gideon could have made the choice to be thankful that God was ready to deliver Israel, or that God was going to use him, rather than wonder why he did not see some things the way he thought he should. What about us, are we going to be thankful about the positive things that are going on, or will we complain about the negative things? We need to make the thankful choice and give thanks for the things we can, and not just complain about the bad things in life.
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