Text: Judges 6:11-16
More Lessons: Hosea
4:6
Mighty men are known by the kind of vision
they have. In our study of Gideon and his dialogue with the angel, I discovered
that he was a man of vision with a purpose in his life. When he asked why things
were happening to Israel contrary to the stories they were told by their fathers,
he was bringing forth a vision and purpose of how things should be for his
people. He was in a way saying that things ought not to be the way they were. Gideon
seemed to be saying, “We ought to be enjoying here with the Medianites under us
and not the other way round. The plan of God for us is that every nation should
be under Israel not Israel serving as slaves to any nation”. That was the vision
the angel saw when he concluded that Gideon was a mighty man.
A visionary man has a clear
understanding of what the future should be. Why don't you ask God about a life
that is full of vision, a life that is teachable, submissive, dedicated to the
study of God's Word and determined to get results. These make you a mighty man
of valour. There is no man that God cannot make mighty. You don't have to be
born great to die great. Take a decision to become something in life and work towards
it. If you read 2 Samuel19, you will see the record of the mighty men of David
who were nonentity before. When Saul had problems with David and David ran away
to the forest, these people left their fathers' houses and followed David.
David began to train, teach, build and develop them until they became
commanders of the army and were called the mighty men of David. Stop running
your destiny down, you can be mighty.
Stop thinking you are a nobody; God did
not create you a nobody; He made you somebody. Start today by looking inwards
for what God has put inside you for you to get to where you are supposed to be
in life. Build it, develop it, work at it. Don't let the pain of yesterday stop
your tomorrow. Though your beginning is small, yet shall your latter end
greatly increase, financially, materially, spiritually, physically, academically,
maritally and all round. Say to yourself, “I will be mighty. My destiny will not
be small. I am going somewhere”, and under the directive of the Holy Spirit,
work towards realising your dream. You will make it. Don't only dream or talk, work
the talk. Though there is nothing wrong in being small, don't remain small.
Prayer/Action
* Pray for the spiritual understanding
of what you need to do to attain your might.
* Ask the Holy Spirit to guide you on
the path of realising your dreams.
* Ask God to give you great visions and
great accomplishments in destiny.
* Rebuke every medianite hindering your
well-being in life.
* Change your negative mindset about who
you are.
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