Prayer for Signs of Deliverance
Gideon, Israel’s 5th judge, receives
God’s call while hiding in a wine-
press secretly threshing wheat.
Midian’s oppression is severe, and
Gideon is God’s man to lead His
people out of bondage, a mission
Gideon is not anxious to accept!
But once convinced of his calling
through two miraculous signs,
Gideon leads a humble army of 300
men, equipped only with pitchers,
torches & trumpets, in a stunning
victory against the mighty Midianite
forces. Israel’s unusual weapons
and battle plan leave no room for
doubt that the victory is the Lord’s!
Lord, we Seek Your Will.
When the angel of the LORD
appeared to Gideon, he said: The
LORD Is With you, mighty warrior.
But sir, Gideon replied, if the LORD
is with us,why has all this happened
to us? Where are all His wonders…?
the LORD has abandoned us and
put us into the hands of Midian.
The LORD turned to him and said:
Go in the strength you have and
Save Israel out of Midian’s hand.
Am I not sending you?… I Will Be
With you, and you will strike down
all the Midianites (Jdgs 6:12-16).
So Gideon said to God: If You
will save Israel by my hand as
You Said… if there is dew on the
fleece only… I shall know that
You will save Israel… as You said…
Then Gideon said to God: Do not
be angry with me, but… let me test…
just once more with the fleece;
let it now be dry only on the fleece
but on all the ground let there
be dew. And God did so (v36-40)
Father, we learn from Gideon’s
encounter with Angel of the Lord
the elements of a proper prayer.
Help us to realize Your presence
and bring all our troubles and
perplexities of life to You God.
Help us recognise our weakness
and be assured of Your strength.
Help us receive divine cheer
as we receive our assignment.
Help us transit from anxiety to
confident faith in Jesus’ name.
Lord, our perceptions tend not
to judge You well as it should.
Like Gideon, we tend to focus
on what God hadn’t done; that
He hadn’t delivered His people yet.
We note Your reply to Gideon:
to go with the strength he has.
Lord, grateful for all You’ve done;
and help us to focus on what
You have said You’ll do. Amen.
Lord, we note Gideon was not
afraid to remind You of what
You had promised and to even
challenged You to keep Your word.
Pardon us when we do so for
it’s confidence based on nothing
less than Your own commitment.
Pardon us also when we are
skeptical like Gideon to put You
to the test to receive assurance
of Your unique calling for us. Amen.