Christ-like Consecration

The Bible says: “And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do. When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.” Judges 7:16-20 (KJV)

Now I do not claim to be a brilliant military strategist (nor of most any other endeavor) but to surround an enemy without number and reveal my small band with lights to illuminate my position and comparatively small number and just shout at the enemy seems ludicrous. To many in the world it might even seem suicidal.

However, it must be remembered that there was another member of this rag tag army…the Lord! Now, we can comprehend the great victory the Lord orchestrated by an ordinary man…Gideon. It has been well said: “The Lord can strike many a strait lick with a crooked stick.”

William Booth said: “I will tell you the secret: God has had all that there was of me. There have been men with greater brains than I, even with greater opportunities, but from the day I got the poor of London on my heart and caught a vision of what Jesus Christ could do with me and them, on that day I made up my mind that God should have all of William Booth there was. And if there is anything of power in the Salvation Army, it is because God has had all the adoration of my heart, all the power of my will, and all the influence of my life.” 

    Daily Chronological Bible Reading: Judges 6-7