How to be strong (Part 2)

SAVE ISRAEL OUT OF MIDIAN'S HAND.
Gideon had a specific mission.  And for this specific mission he had strength.  I've learned that we only have strength to do what we're supposed to do right here and now.  So we need to not only know the strength that we have right now, but also what we're supposed to be doing right now.  What do you KNOW you're supposed to be doing right now?  (Or after you read this blog!)  Whatever that is, you have strength from God to do it.  And this is the key to it all:  Is God sending you just as he sent Gideon?

AM I NOT SENDING YOU?
Whatever you know you're supposed to be doing right now is exactly what God is "sending" you to do.  Your personal "Midian" is your duty and responsibility for God's glory.  Whether you're a husband loving your wife, or a wife respecting your husband.  Or if you're a child honoring your parents, or a parent lovingly disciplining your child.  You may be at work.  You may be in school.  Whoever you are, and wherever you are, there is something you KNOW you're supposed to be doing right now. 

And if you don't know what you're supposed to be doing, then finding that out is your mission.  So the strength that you have, right now, is to find out what you're supposed to be doing right now.  Your context will make that easier than you think.  If you're at home, what needs to be done more than anything else, right now?  Or at work?  Or at school? 

Whatever that is, wherever you are, whoever you are, all God expects is for you to do whatever you're supposed to be doing--in the strength that you have right now.  We don't have to focus on our weaknesses, because God doesn't require us to do anything we don't have the strength to do right now.

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