Gideon’s circumstances cause him to not trust God. Gideon tests God – THREE TIMES! How does God respond? Do you trust God no matter what your circumstances? Is God waiting to use you, and you are holding back – testing Him? What will it take for you to fully trust Him?
The Bible contains an Upper Story and Lower Story. The Upper Story tells the big picture, the grand narrative of God unfolding throughout history. The Lower Story contains the sometimes delightful, other times appalling particulars of human experience. God uses real-life people to carry out his plan and purpose! Let’s meet some of those people, and see how God uses them.