Hollow Men

 Gideon kept his head down as he threshed his grain in the wine press. As he hid from from the Midianites, he secretly wondered why Israel was being crushed by her enemies.  He couldn't believe it when God appeared and told him that he was chosen to deliver Israel. Nor could he believe it when God called him a mighty man of valor.  Gideon was Mr. average. He had no political pull or stately position.

But through out Israel’s history, God seemed to choose people from less than notable families. Because of their weakness and ordinariness, we stand back and are amazed at how God changed history through them. God’s army has always been an army of “hollow” men and hollow women; empty people, whose very hollowness, invited the residence of Almighty God. It is easy to think that Gods great last day army, should be unaffected by the ailments of mortal men but God does not to require a people of titanium strength and chromium brilliance but people trusting God in spite of weakness. Sometimes all we can see is the human weakness in our own life and we think is, “What could God do with me?” The answer is everything He wants if we will be courageous and obedient.

Friend, it will always be a challenge to step up and do what God asks us individually or in a team. Maybe it's God's plan that we never feel self confident, so that we rely upon Him. We might think that in two years’ time we'll feel adequate, but it may never change.  We are never going to get the point where we don't need Gods help or His grace. It is not God’s plan to deliver us from human weakness, only from human sin. If you feel weak it is a God sign that you can be powerfully used today! My friend Stephen McCracken wrote today “God’s desire for people to be truly and eternally free in Christ has not changed! He has not changed His nature, His commission, His anointing, His provision, His power, His might, nor His partnership with His people! So, we say Yes Lord, to all that He has planned!” Come on Gideon.