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Let’s read our theme verse together.
Let’s take a moment to review the names of God that we have looked at so far.
God is...
Elohim - He is the Mighty Creator God.
El Roi - He is the God who sees me.
El Shaddai - He is the Almighty God.
El Elyon - He is God Most High.
Yahweh Jireh - God will see to it.
God will provide.
Yahweh Nissi - God is my banner
There is an old Christmas carol written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1863.
The American Civil War was being waged.
Brothers were fighting against brothers.
Our nation was being ripped apart at the seams.
Longfellow’s poem was not a feel-good song but one born in grief.
Longfellow’s wife had died in a fire in 1860.
And on December 1, 1863, the widower received the news that his eldest son, 19-year-old Charley, had been nearly paralyzed by a gunshot wound fighting for the Union in the Civil War.
He wrote:
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
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and wild and sweet the words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And then, in another verse, he wrote:
And in despair I bowed my head;
“There is no peace on earth,” I said;
“For hate is strong, And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!”
How can we have peace when everything around us feels like it is broken and falling apart?
I know for many people, life is hard right now.
Some of you have had things happen to you that you didn’t plan to have happen.
Some of you have health issues and surgeries pending.
Financially, a lot of people are stressed out.
Some of you have family issues, marital issues, or parenting issues.
School just started back and you already can’t wait for it to be over.
Everything is demanding.
Nothing is easy.
Everything feels like a problem.
It is like every button on your dashboard is going off at once.
Have you been there?
Are you there right now?
The reality is that our hearts long for peace.
We want peace in our lives.
Here is a question.
Are you looking for peace from the right source?
The people of Israel wanted peace.
In , they were living in a time when they were being greatly oppressed by the Midianites.
The people of Israel were hiding in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.
The Midianites would steal their harvests and destroy what they didn’t take.
They had their livestock taken as well.
All of this had happened because the Israelites didn’t obey God.
Please don’t make the mistake of thinking that every hardship you are facing is because you are living in disobedience to God.
Some hardships are caused because of things we have done, but some hardships we face are outside of our control.
In the case of Israel, their hardships were caused by their own stubbornness and disobedience to God as a nation.
However, God is a gracious God and he does for us what we cannot do for ourselves.
Open your Bibles to .
In , the angel of Yahweh, most likely a pre-incarnation of Jesus, appeared to a man named Gideon.
Gideon was hiding in a winepress threshing wheat.
Judges 6:
I am amused by how the angel of Yahweh addressed Gideon.
He called him a valiant warrior, but as far as we know, Gideon was not a warrior.
He was hiding, not fighting.
Look at how Gideon responded to the angel of the Lord.
Judges 6:13-
Gideon blames God for the situation.
His knowledge of God is faulty.
He treats God as if God exists to serve Israel.
He knows nothing of Israel’s responsibility to worship God and serve him alone.
Don’t we do the same thing?
Sometimes our problems are because of choices we have made.
In anger, we blame God for the things happening to us.
We treat God as if he is a cosmic genie in a bottle who exists to serve us when the problems have been caused by our disobedience.
It is not that God moved away from us, but rather that we have moved away from the place God wants us to be.
The angel of Yahweh ignored Gideon’s blame game and said,
Judges
But Gideon was having none of it.
Gideon tried to get out the call by pointing out his weakness.
God was providing the answer to their problems and he didn’t want to do it.
I think we tend to do the same.
God says to us, “Hey, I made a way for you.”
We say, “Yeah, but I can’t do it.
I don’t have the strength.”
God says, “Hey, I’ve got the solution for your problem.”
We say, “Yeah, but I don’t like that solution.
Do you have another one?”
Verse 16 is important.
“But I will be with you.”
God knows you can’t, but he can.
God knows you are weak, but he is strong.
God knows you are barely treading water, but underneath are the everlasting arms.
God knows you are full of anxiety and fear, but he cares for you.
Don’t worry about it.
God will be with you.
When you are doing what God wants you to do, he will be with you.
God will never call you to something that can’t be done.
God will never give you a way out that can’t be taken.
God will never call you to do something he can’t do through you.
Gideon didn’t understand who God is.
Again, we do this.
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