Are You Available? Romans 12:1 – Therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Gideon Judge 6:11 And there came an angel of the LORD and sat under an oak which was in Oprah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi-errite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide from the Midianates. 12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valor. 13 And Gideon said unto him, O my lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? And where be all his miracles

“The Lord abandoned us” which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt, but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us in the hands of the Midianites. 14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in thy might, and thou shall save Israel from the Midianites: have not I sent thee? “The Lord abandoned us” Israelites abandoned God Judge 6:1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of God: and the LORD delivered them in the hand of Midian seven years “I am not the right person”

Me cut down the altar of Baal and grove? Judge 6:15 And he said unto him, O my LORD, wherewith shall I save Israel? Behold my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house. George Whitefield I can’t Worry/fear What if? Age Training Physical limitation Me cut down the altar of Baal and grove? Fear

“Would you give me a sign?” Judge6:36-38 Wet fleece and dry ground Lack of confidence “Another sign?” Judge 6: 39-40 Dry fleece and wet ground God is patient Finally, obedience & victory Judge 7 32,000 – 10,000 – 300 Lack of trust 7:2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt

themselves against me, saying Mine own hand hath saved me. I Corinthians 1:27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things that are mighty; 28 And the base things of the world; and things which are despised, yea and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: 300

Solutions Carl Cymbala Look to God’s promise Look to God’s plan I Thess 5:24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. Look to God’s plan Ephesians 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, Look to God’s power Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. Carl Cymbala