GIDEON TO JERUBBAAL
Judges 6:17-40

The first statement that was released into the life Gideon, by the angel of the Lord that appeared to him was, “…The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor1” (Judges 6:11) It was an encounter that brought a package of deliverance for the children of Israel, that had been suffering oppression in the hand of the Midianites. Gideon wanted a confirmation of the assignment that had been delivered unto him, that was the salvation of his people, “Then he said to Him, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You who talk with me. 18 Do not depart from here, I pray, until I come to You and bring out my offering and set it before You.” And He said, “I will wait until you come back.” (Judges 6:17-18) Gideon’s offering was accepted, and it gave Gideon the encouragement to go and destroy the altar of Baal that belonged to his father. Gideon had an encounter, encouragement, before he destroyed the altar of a foreign god that belonged to his father. With the encouragement to destroy the altar in his father’s house, “Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, “Let Baal plead against him, because he has torn down his altar.”” (Judges 6:32) Having been able to destroy a foreign God that belong to his father, Jerubbaal set out to carry out the package of deliverance for his people from the oppression of seven painful years. God is not a God of accidents; He is a God that brings every situation to pass by way of an orderly manner. After the encounter Gideon had with the Angel of the Lord, he was set with encouragement that carried him into the center of his assignment. Jerubbaal (Gideon) successively went even further by the enablement of God to destroy the enemies that had successively raided, destroyed, stole, and oppressed the children of Israel for seven years. Offering to the Lord at the beginning of the encounter was a major provocation of the move of God’s enablement in the calling of Gideon. Do you have a need for deliverance in any area of life? By virtue of the word that you have encountered, with understanding, go and give unto Him an offering that is reasonable, take courage in the Lord. The same God that responded to Gideon will not fail on your behalf. Destroy the altar of foreign God in your life and you will be restored.
Prayer for today: Everlasting God, the One that was, the One that is, and the One that will always be, have mercy on me. Let every force that stands against me be permanently terminated.