Gideon Trusted God
Judges 7:1-8 Our true story comes from a part, or book, of the Bible called Judges. A judge is someone who tells people what the law says. Our story is about a really mean army called the Midianites. The Midianites were big. They were tough! And the guy God chose to lead the battle AGAINST the mean Midianites was a man named Gideon. God told Gideon to gather an army to go and beat the mean Midianites. Gideon had 32,000 soldiers. That is a LOT of soldiers. With all those men, Gideon was sure to win the battle for God. So Gideon and his army got ready for battle. But God told Gideon he had too many soldiers. He told Gideon to ask his army if anyone was scared. Gideon was confused by this. Why wouldn’t God want a BIG army to defeat the mean Midianites? But Gideon trusted that God’s way was perfect and so Gideon said to the soldiers, "Raise your hand if you’re scared!" And lots of people raised their hands. So Gideon said, "You men can go home." ...