God's Math

 
And the Lord said to Gideon, "The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel claim glory for itself against Me, saying,
'My own hand has saved me'.
Judges 7:2

Gideon's army numbered thirty two thousand men, and it said that the Midianites couldn't be counted for they were as numerous as swarming locusts.  Israel was already greatly outnumbered, yet God said they had too many!  God trimmed down Gideon's army to three hundred and He promised deliverance through this small remnant.  The outcome of the battle was just as the Lord had promised and Gideon and his small army overwhelmed the Midianites by God's mighty hand.

We have the tendency to find security in numbers, and the more the better; more people, more in the bank account, more in savings, more assets, and more in the cupboards equals more security.  God wants His people to trust Him and to find safety in Him.  God's math is different than ours, He sees numbers different than us, and He wants us to learn that true security is indeed found in having more....more of Him. 

I love Gideon's example of faith for us, he never questioned or complained, and as the Lord subtracted his numbers, he just trusted.  Once when I was discouraged about low attendance at a prayer time, an elderly saint told me not to worry about numbers because  one person plus God equals a majority. He was right, we have a very big God, and if God is for us who can be against us.  Have no fear even if you're feeling outnumbered, you're not, your loving powerful Shepherd is with you, trust Him.