Proving His Presence

“Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites... And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valor… And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us?... And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?” (Judges 6:11-14).  “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16). 

The angel came to Gideon

When Israel was distressed.

The multitudes of Midian

Relentlessly oppressed.

Israel wasn't then forsaken,

But they were disciplined.

Their land was only overtaken

Because God’s people sinned.

The angel of the Lord appeared

And spoke to Gideon’s heart

To show him that the hosts he feared

By God’s hand would depart.

“The Lord is with thee, mighty man!”

But Gideon could not see

His proven presence or a plan

To set His people free.

The Lord then looked on him and said

To “go in this thy might.”

And thus by God was Gideon led

Against the Midianite.

The church of God appears so small

Against apparent odds,

And yet His Spirit dwells in all

Its temple, which is God’s.

Lord, let Your presence now be proved;

For then we cannot fail.

Against the gates of hell we’ve moved;

By grace we shall prevail.