Judges 6:15-18
15 And he said to him, “Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.” 16 And the Lord said to him, “But I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.” 17 And he said to him, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me. 18 Please do not depart from here until I come to you and bring out my present and set it before you.” And he said, “I will stay till you return.”
Context: So the Israelites AGAIN sin against God and now God gave them into the hand of Midian or seven years.
So AGAIN the Israelites cry out to the LORD. and AGAIN God helps them out by sending a prophet, and then calls and sends Gideon to save Israel.
The above is their conversation.
One quick thing that struck me was when Gideon responds to God by saying "I am the least in my Father's house." This kinda reminded me of
1 Timothy 1:15
15 The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
and
Proverbs 3:34
34 Toward the scorners he is scornful,
but to the humble he gives favor.
and man I can't find the verses that I'm looking for. help?
But anyways, I found it interesting that Gideon responded in such a way. It reminds me of the way Moses was chosen. Or even David. and Paul.
Check. that. out.
It seems like all the time, God is always choosing the weak for His work. I forgot where I heard this, but if you feel like you are too weak to be included in a big part of God's plan, you are a good candidate. God always chooses the weak, the runts, the inadequate, the what-the-where-did-this-guy-come-from-I-had-no-idea-that-God-would-use-this-guy-cause-he-is-a-weakling.
But why? God's glory. That is always the answer haha but I think when God uses the weak to accomplish His will, it says much about who God is.
1) The weak relies more on God because that person is inadequate and needs God, the ultimate source of strength and wisdom.
2) God using something small, to do something BIG, makes God look glorious.
It's like say there are two men that needed to build like laptops or something. One dude uses metals, and he uses a laptop building kit that has all the transistors and resistors and capacitors and all those technical components to build his laptop. Boom he builds it. Then another dude goes into his garbage can and is like "hmm this'll do." He uses literal trash. Literally. Trash. and then boom he builds his laptop. and not only that but this laptop (made out of literal trash) is better, faster, stronger.
Props to that guy who made it out of literal trash right?
God uses weak people... Not props, but PRAISE, and WORSHIP, and EXALTATION, and ADORATION. I think when God makes use of little people, it makes much of God, brings all the attention to God/ brings Him glory.
What do you think?