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Tag Archives: Gideon
When the thing you give is the thing you need
Gideon was a vulnerable leader. He was weak; he was a nobody from the smallest tribe; he was scared; he was hiding; he was a failure; and his faith needed four miraculous signs, including the live appearance of an angel … Continue reading
Yes you can!
Two little words that do not belong in the vocabulary of one of Gideon’s 300: “I can’t.” Peter actually walked on water for a few steps because he had his eye on Jesus and believed that he could step out … Continue reading
Nobodies and somebodies
Once a nobody, always a nobody. Gideon would have done well to have remembered that. Instead, thinking he was somebody after his great victories (with which he had nothing to do), is what got him into trouble. He didn’t finish … Continue reading
No retreat!
The call went out, and 32,000 showed up. A respectable turnout, but God said, No. Too many. Against 135,000 of the enemy, we would have thought the numbers needed to go the other way, but this is God we’re talking … Continue reading
Catch her if you can
Yesterday, in a brief description of each, I featured 20 members of our Gideon’s 300 army, focusing mostly on what makes them a “ragtag militia of misfits.” In that list, I had Marti, my wife, as a “lonely leader” — … Continue reading
We are Gideon’s Army
We’re hardly an army More like a ragtag militia of misfits We are nonprofessional fighters Not the highly-trained elite soldiers One is used to seeing in battle Far from the green berets — We are more like the blue … Continue reading
Angel on the line
One of the things over which I’ve always identified with the Gideon story is that little bit about the fleece. Gideon becomes so real at this point – not some bigger-than-life Old Testament patriarch with tons of faith doing impossible … Continue reading
How just asking “Who are you?” can change the world
I just found out that one of our 15-year-old son’s friends whom I had pegged in my mind as “Least Likely to Succeed,” is on the varsity tennis team at the high school (he’s the second best player on the … Continue reading
Should stay or should I go?
Come down off your throne and leave your body alone Somebody must change – Steve Winwood So it’s “So what?” time. Time to figure out what this reduction principle means in my life. What does it change about the way … Continue reading
The necessary ineffectiveness of excuses
Someone asked how long we are going to be in the story of Gideon and my initial answer is: As long as it takes.
John Fischer The Catch 