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Hey all...=)..welcome to this wonderful world of disney!..ops..my blog...hehhe...My name is Arul...Jonathan Arul...hehhe...22 this year..From Penang,Malaysia..But now in Hat yai,Thailand...The Land Of Smiles..=)..this 'project' is just to share my blessings,trials,happiness,joy..But most of all...my prayers..I pray that this blog will be a blessing to many..Have a nice day and...God Bless...=)...(Smiles from the Land Of Smiles)..

Friday, March 4, 2011

An Unlikely Hero

SR Judges 6: 1- 16

V 14- 15 says “the Lord turned to him and said, Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am i not sending you? 15 But Lord, Gideon asked, “how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and i am the least in my family.
How will you react if Jesus were to ask you to do something great ‘in the strength you have?
We are living in a world full of competitions. Its like the tv show survivors, we are surviving to live one day in this world. Some of us will play by the book and get crashed. But some will make their way and survive this hectic world. Often we get caught in situations where everything around us seems so big and massive. We become so small and we tend to look down on ourselves. We give up so easily without trying, we become so contain with what we have not expecting anything great. Are we made to be like that? Or are we called to be like that? So small, not brave to stand up for what we believe, to give up so easily, so small that we never expect to impact anything of anyone’s lives? Are we small? Are we really that small? YES! We are indeed small, too small that we go unnoticed in the whole picture of our universe! We are small because the God who made us is BIG and MIGHTY!
Its fair to ask God why then you need us? Since god is so big and mighty and we are so tiny in His eyes. During the cause of history, God used many small people and small things to impact the world. He use small things to show how powerful He is.
We read in Judges chapter six about a man who to his own eyes he was small and weak. His name was Gideon. But in the eyes of our God, he was a mighty warrior! It all started when Gideon was secretly threshing wheat, terrified that the midianites would catch him and confiscated the precious grain. The angel of the Lord appeared to him and addressed him as a mighty warrior. Ironnically, Gideon was anything but a mighty warrior. But the angel of the Lord was unrealized potential in Gideon. He knew what Gideon was intended to be, what he could become with the help of God. There same goes with our lives. God sees us beyond who we are, small as we are. Instead, he looks forward to helping us become all that he intends us to be. The angel commanded Gideon to go and save Israel in the strength that he had. Gideon objected. But even so Gideon obeyed and he came up with 32,000 men to fight the midianites. But that number was to big for god. God intention was to ensure that the people would maintain focus and realize afterward that they had not saved themselves by their own strength. Eventually god pared the army down to 300 men, all of whom believe our almighty god. And with that handful of men, plus Gideon, plus God himself, the midianites were defeated. Throughout history we see God using the least likely individuals to accomplish his purposes, because of this, people will be able to see beyond the person to the God who wants to be known (1 Corinthians 1: 26-31)
In the scale of the universe we are indeed very very small.  Tiny. But to our God, we are tiny tools with a mighty purpose. But there are times when we get discourage with what God wants us to do. We feel inadequate. We tend to feel that other people are more qualified to do our given job. Other people are more talented. But our God knows us and there for have identify the right ‘job’ for us. If God is asking us to do something, then you’re perfect for the job! Leave your fears behind. Its time we realize the great ‘call’ that our God has for us and answer it. It can be anything, anywhere. The worship team, youth fellowship, in your school and work place. Just like Gideon, Jesus as a great call for you. And He believes your capable of greatness. Just like one faithful servant once said,expect great things from our god, attempt great things for our God! Jehovah Nissi will always grant us victory!