God’s will may be either absolute or conditional; this verse proves that we can disobey God’s desired will for ourselves.
The story of Gideon shows how God can give the victory if we will trust entirely in Him.
Israel will continue to spiral downward away from their God but He will continue to hear their pleas for help and send them deliverers.
Those who desire to serve the Lord often fail by presuming upon Him. We get a plan and expect God to back us up. But should we not get the plan from God in the first place?
Jesus appears as the captain of the host of the Lord and gives the plan for taking Jericho. The walls fall flat and Israel wins.
