MY FRIENDS, ARE YOU PART OF THE FEW, WHO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN!!

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“Then the Spirit of the Lord came on Gideon, and he blew a trumpet, summoning the men of Israel to arms, 32,000 headed the call. But God told him it was to many, they would only claim victory for themselves instead of recognizing that it was God.

Then Gideon ask if anyone “trembles with fear” or were concern about home and family can leave. 22,000 returned Home leaving only 10,000 Luke 14:26 tells us “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.

God then tells Gideon “The people are still too many; bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. Then it will be, that of whom I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ the same shall go with you; and of whomever I say to you, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ the same shall not go.”

”For the Lord, Knows our true Character “He examines each of us…He knows our thoughts before we think them” Ps 139:1-2 (KJV) “For many are called, but few are chosen.” Matt. 22:14 (NKJV)  So now Gideon is left with 300 hundred faithful soldiers, who are prepared for the battle. My friends, the prince of darkness goal, is not to sift the chaff for they already belong to him.

In addition, he knows there foundation is not centered on the word of God because they are forever willing to compromise God’s precepts with what he presents to them in the world he calls his kingdom. But His goal is to sift the wheat who is God’s true followers, His elect, like the chosen 300.

The ones who searches there soul, while dying to self-daily. Satan will use whatever means necessary to try and destroy our Character because, if He can keep God’s faithful occupied through the processing and molding period, they will be just as faithful to him as they are to Christ and it is impossible to serve two Masters.

But, if we stay faithful and endure, we will “defeat this fallen foe, because “we can do all things through Christ, because he gives each of us strength. In Isaiah 40:29 (KJV) it tells us, “He gives strength to those who are tired and more power to those who are weak.”

Consistent with this, in Heb. 13:5 (KJV) it tells us “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee” which tells us, that word never, will take us all the way to our eternal destination which is the kingdom of God, if we are faithful and endure. If you read all of Judges 6, you will see Gideon, and his three hundred faithful never had to lift a finger to fight the battle, for the battle was God’s to fight and win from the beginning which He did on Calvary.

Gideon and his men’s real commission was to only carry torches in their left hand, while holding in their right hand trumpets, as they blew and shouted “A sword for the Lord.” My friends, Christ is asking us to go out into all the world starting with our families, friends, and love ones, then our neighbors, and co-workers and then a world who has trampled on God’s precepts and spread the good news of the saving power of Christ as we seek others to join the army of the redeemed.

So like Gideon, let’s all take up our torches, which is the Spirit of God and our sword which is the word of God and blow our trumpets which is the sounding cry for all to come out of Babylon, as we preach the gospel to everyone and then the end will come.

So friends stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY