God’s special display of power is reserved for special times of need. God rarely shows Himself when He is not sought. His habit is to perform His miracles in the face of the impossible. Sometimes, the situation needs to get to the impossible before He will work in power and great glory.
In this lesson, we learn from Jonathan’s faith in God and his bravery in battle. We also learn from Saul’s fearfulness and his foolishness in making an unreasonable oath.
God shows us through Samson's fleshly nature that revenge solves nothing, and can create a vicious cycle of vengeance.
The story of Gideon shows how God can give the victory if we will trust entirely in Him.
We all have our own Midianites to face. By studying Gideon's strategy we can learn how we too can defeat the Midianites.
