This verse deals with building and battling (“keep the city”). These two actions describe much of our life and they certainly describe the Christian life.
Are you saved? How can you know that you are saved? God wants you to know for sure.
Not a message about one person like Gideon, but about a condition of this life. It is called despair meaning all hope is gone. The Lord has left us on our own. Throughout scripture, God gives us examples of those who seemed to be left by the Lord and thought they had been deserted by Him but later found that He hadn't left them at all.
The lepers were told to go without the camp. At one time it was a place of uncleanness, yet we are called to go outside the camp.
We never know what our lives or even a day may bring forth. We only know that we will face many trials in our lifetime. But rest assured, God has a purpose for these trials and temptations. If we will trust in Him, He will give us the victory and show us even greater blessings.
