‘Hard Work That Needed To Be Done.’
Judges 6:11.
a) The Angel of the Lord came to visit Joash and his son Gideon.
b) Whenever the Angel of the Lord visits it was/is for a special reason.
c) The Angel of the Lord saw Gideon working so hard in very difficult circumstances.
d) The winepress was usually located at the foot of the hill, so the harvested grapes could be brought down to be processed.
e) The threshing floor was usually at the top of the hill so the chaff could be blown away by the wind.
f) Gideon was at the bottom of the hill threshing the wheat secretly, this was very hard and dangerous work.
g) If he went to the top of the hill he could easily be caught by the Midianites.
h) He was working so hard in a situation that the Angel of the Lord witnessed.
(Through this QT I realise that God sees and knows all about the Hard Work That Needed To Be Done)
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‘In Distress We Sometimes Do Not Recognise The Lord Being There.’
Judges 6:12-13.
a) Gideon did not recognise the Angel of the Lord.
b) The Angel of the Lord brought Gideon an amazing Message but Gideon could not receive it.
c) The Angel of the Lord said to Gideon that the Lord was with him and that he was a mighty man of valour.
d) Gideon’s reply was that of a distressed man:-
1- If the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us.
2- Where are all the wonderful deeds that our fathers recounted to us.
3- Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt.
4- Now the Lord has forsaken us and given us into the hand of Midian.
e) Maybe some of us have had “why” questions to the Lord like Gideon did.
(In this Second one there is an experience that we need God’s help to overcome: In Distress We Sometimes Do Not Recognise The Lord Being There)
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Chris
When God speaks to us He wants us to receive what He says. Whatever our external and environmental circumstance, whatever difficulty we may be going through in our heart, or whoever may be against us, the Lord wants us to receive it. When we receive what the Lord says to us, then we can move forward and on in His Will.
