每日箴言（中英）｜基甸—微小而大能的勇士

每日箴言

基甸—微小而大能的勇士

“耶和华的使者向基甸显现，对他说，大能的勇士啊，耶和华与你同在。” - 士 6:12

? 灵修

神的百姓受到米甸人的威胁，他们从山上冲下来四处掠夺，毁坏粮食和村庄。神决定兴起一位领袖来击败他们。当使者称呼他“大能的勇士”，基甸以为他在开玩笑。他是家中最微不足道的成员，他的家族又是支派中最弱小的。他只是个农夫，对打仗一窍不通。

但当神训练完基甸准备打仗，他要带领300人对抗12万大军。这是一个“不可能完成的”任务，然而就是用基甸这支小队伍，神最终使米甸人抱头鼠窜逃跑了（士师记 7）。

就像基甸一样，我们常常抗拒神摆在我们面前的挑战，因为我们觉得自己不够好，或是不够强壮，或是不够有能力来面对它们，但是神不会让我们去做我们做不到的事。

使徒保罗一生当中经受许多试炼。腓立比书 4:13他写着说：“我靠着那加给我力量的，凡事都能作。”

耶稣为我们立下了榜样，不管面对怎样的挑战，凡事都倚靠天父。感谢神，因着耶稣已胜过罪恶和死亡，“靠着爱我们的主，在这一切的事上，已经得胜有余了。”（罗马书 8:37）

? 祷告

耶稣，感谢祢胜过了罪恶和死亡。求帮助我们，在祢要我们面对试炼和维护祢名时，成为祢大能的勇士。奉祢的名祷告，阿们。

普世佳音每日箴言

? Mighty Warrior Gideon

"When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, 'The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.'" — Judges 6:12

? Devotion

God's people were being threatened by the Midianites, marauders who swooped down out of the hills to ruin crops and villages. God decided to raise up a leader who would defeat them. When the angel called him a "mighty warrior," Gideon thought the angel was joking. He was the least promising member of his family, which was the weakest clan in his tribe. He was only a farmer and didn't know anything about battling enemies.

But by the time God finished training Gideon for battle, he was leading three hundred men against 120,000 troops. It was an "impossible" mission, but with Gideon's small army God sent the Midianites running (Judges 7).

Like Gideon, we often resist the challenges God sets in front of us because we don't think we are good enough or strong enough or skilled enough to meet them. But God doesn't ask us to do anything we cannot do.

The apostle Paul went through many trials in his life. But in Philippians 4:13 he wrote, "I can do all this through him who gives me strength."

Jesus showed by example how to depend on the Father for everything, regardless of what challenges we face. Thanks be to God that because of Jesus' victory over sin and death, "we are more than conquerors through him who loved us" (Romans 8:37).

? Prayer

Jesus, thank you for conquering sin and death. Help us to be your mighty warriors when you ask us to face trials and defend your name. Amen.

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