God Has Decided To Make the Weak, Even Weaker!

Judges 7:1-2, 12, 23, 3; 2 Corinthians 12:9-10; Isaiah 42:8; Jeremiah 9:23-24; 1 Corinthians 3:21

We are walking in today:  God Has Decided To Make the Weak, Even Weaker!

Judges 7:1-2  1) Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. 2) And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.  The camp of the Midianites was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.  The Lord said to Gideon, you have too many men, for Me to deliver Midian into your hands.  I know that you are saying to yourself--I am already weak, all hell has broken out in my life: in my marriage, my children out of control, house and church in foreclosure, car stolen, hell on my job, or still don't have a job.  Now you tell me that God is going to make me weaker?  Remember this is the year you will see.  For the plans of operation: smash Midian are underway, but right from the beginning we see that this isn't going to be an ordinary fight.  Gideon had rounded up all the men, that he could find.  They are still woefully short in numbers all 32,000 men willing to to put lives on the line, in order to help deliver Israel.  Judges 7:12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.  This is an interesting fact that Midian had 135,000 fighting men.  Each Israelite would have to to take out roughly 4,000 Midianites each, for there to be a victory.  Pretty long odds, you would think and Gideon had reason to be more than a little anxious.  You could probably imagine his surprise, when the Lord speaks to him saying Gideon the people are yet too many.  Have such words been heard going into a battle?  What war has there ever been when being hopelessly outnumbered, the Lord goes forth to cut the numbers down again?  In the natural it seems absurd.  In the spiritual it is the very thing that God wants to teach us!  Judges 7:2-3 2) And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. 3) Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.  So 22,000 men left leaving 10,000 men.  God decided to make the weak, even weaker. Why would God do that?  Why does God allow times of weakness?!  Even overwhelming odds at times?  It is so we will be more reliant upon Him and through that He can show us more of Himself.  He works on our behalf.  Hopefully prevent us from stealing His glory. The human heart loves to claim credit for any victory or achievement.  If God allows Israel to defeat Midian with only a quarter of the number of Midian men.  Then guess who would have taken credit?!  That's right, man--not God!  He may have received a bit of token praise but probably precious little in the long run. And it is just slightly possible that you would do the same thing.  When you are weak, He will prove Himself strong.  There is power in weakness.  We have seen how God delights in using weak vessels to display His strength and faithfulness.  We have also seen that this can often come about in the times when strife and trouble is around like in Gideon's case.  It is daunting and scary when we are faced with overwhelming odds.  Trials are never nice, when you are in them.  Otherwise they would not be called trials.  But we can take heart, that God has a purpose for this.  It is for strengthening of your faith.  And the displaying of His life, through you.  Each crack in the clay vessel brings forth a little more light.  The Apostle Paul said in 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 9) And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10) Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.  He is about to make the weak, even weaker. 
God is teaching us to depend on Him, in this season.  God is teaching us, that is why, we will see His glory.  Cause there is a breaking going on.  On the inside of you.  You are gonna have to let go of pride.  You are gonna have to let go of unforgiveness.  You are gonna have to truly know how to walk in the word of God!  Knowing that the joy of the Lord is our strength.  His strength is made perfect in weakness!  In every storm, trial, tribulation and test--God is showing you, that He will get the glory.  The only way, is God's way!  He has gone before us making the crooked straight.  Many of us are saying if one more thing goes wrong, you just don't know what you are gonna do.  You have gotta stand on God being a keeper!  You gotta keep your mind on His word, that is how you will be able to stand through this!  He is the God that makes the impossible, possible!  He will show up suddenly!  He will show the world that no one else can brought you out!!  He is Jehovah Jireh, Jehovah Rapha, Jehovah Shalom, Emmanuel--He will turn it all around and bring us out!  To God be the glory!!  As Pastor Taffe has said that God has to protect us from ourselves, that we don't attempt to take God's glory!  That is why He is processing is us through this trial, that we know, confess and truly believe that it was God and God alone that brought us out.  That we won't dare to take credit, correcting those that would try to put this success to our names!  God will get the glory--Isaiah 42:8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.  Jeremiah 9:23-24 23) Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: 24) But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.  1 Corinthians 3:21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's.  It is already figured out.  It is not our battle, it is the Lord's!  He will get all the glory!  We are not to depend on our spouse, depend on Him!  Don't worship finances, we are to worship the Lord in spirit and in truth!  We are to count it all joy when we come across fiery trials.  We can do all things through Christ which strengthens us!  Press through this wilderness, He will show you His glory.  Nobody but God can reconcile us!  To bless us with a custom job, created just for us.  God is opening up the windows of heaven and pouring our a blessing that there will not be room enough to receive!  The breaking has begun.  He is the breaking the pride off.  The weak, made weaker.  Give Him all the glory for the things that He has done!  He has got to break you--pride comes before a fall.  We must not continue walking in unforgiveness.  Fiveamprayer, no longer operate in your carnal self.  Let us not take God's glory.  We are to give Him the glory and the praise!  Prepare yourself--don't say I can't take another thing right now--there is something on the inside that God has to break off of you.  Worship Him in spirit and in truth.  He is keeping us, day after day.  Keep holding on to His word!   We should be going into to Him asking what must I do?    Not our will, but Thy will be done!  Every knee will bow and every tongue confess that He is Lord!  No man gets the glory but God!  Let God have, His way.  It is the only one.  He is the Way, the Truth and the Life!  Turn it over to Him, fiveamprayer.  You should feel something breaking off of you.  Somethings have to be broken off for us to be used for His glory.  He makes the weak, weaker.  His grace is sufficient.  His strength is made perfect in weakness.  We lift up prayer requests, those known and unknown.  We know that by Your stripes we are healed.  We thank You Lord for being our Jehovah Rapha.  We ask You for forgiveness for not wanting to go through.  Christ was beaten all night long, so why do we think that we don't have to go through anything?!  We must give up on our own self power, looking to and trusting in the Lord alone.  Thank You for forgiving us, casting our sins into the sea, that they be remembered no more.  Teach us how to forgive others that we may be forgiven!  The victory is ours, we just have to keep standing on Your word!

We seal this prayer in His precious blood, by His Spirit:  When I am weak, You are strong!

Welcome to the overflow...
You need to plant that in your spirit!  God is gonna get the glory!  Weak, made weaker!  Thank You for the breaking.  You are made in the breaking.  He shows up in the broken pieces.  He is a keeper.  God will rebuild us!  That is why test, trials, and tribulations are coming.  God is gonna get the glory.  Stand, knowing that no weapon formed against us shall prosper.  Keep trusting in God and believing Him!  Give Him all of the glory!  We will make it through, we will come out not smelling of smoke!  The God that I serve will deliver me!  You know that it is darkest hour before daybreak.  Hallelujah God!  He is gonna get the glory!  Stand still and know that He is God!  Don't give up or lose your mind.  Thou your beginning may be small, your latter end will be greatly increased.  He says He is gonna make you weaker, tell God to get the glory.  Shout the victory!  When Gideon showed up they didn't even have to fight!  God gets the glory!  Can you go through this attack, knowing that God is in control?  We are coming out--not empty.  Don't you fret.  Pick your head up, by the grace of God--the weak, made weaker.  There shall be no gods before Him!  Hallelujah God!  Read Judges and see how the 300 men got the victory all for His glory!  He lets us know that is why the test and trials have come.  God will get the glory!  Visit us on facebook, it will encourage you.  Have a blessed day!