Daily Scripture
Psa. 62:1-2
Psa 62:1 To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
Psa 62:2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
Psa 62:1 To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
Psa 62:2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
Snippets
Gideon is the son of Joash, who was from the tribe of Manasseh. His name means feller (one who destroys), and he was a judge of Israel. Gideon had many wives and concubines. He had 70 sons by his wives and another son named Abimelech by a concubine. Other names of Gideon are Jerubbaal and Jerubbesheth. An angel spoke to him about how he would save Israel. Gideon wanted a sign that the angel's words were genuine. He brought a present to the angel, and the angel caused a fire to come from a rock, and the fire consumed it. Gideon then built an altar and named it Jehovahshalom. Gideon took his father's bull and tore down Baal's altar and the grove (other gods). Then he built an altar and sacrificed his father's bull on it with the wood from the dismantled idols. Gideon then asks the Lord to cause a fleece to be wet from the dew, but everything around it remains dry. The following day, he wrung out a bowl of water from the wool, and everything around the place where the fleece lay was dehydrated. Gideon was still not convinced, so he requested the Lord keep the yarn dry and everything around it be wet from the dew. The following day, the Lord had done it precisely as Gideon asked it. Gideon had a following of 32,000 soldiers, ready to fight against the Midianites. The Lord told Gideon that he had too many men. Then through a process of elimination, God reduced the force down to 300 men. Gideon then separated the 300 men into three groups and gave every soldier a trumpet and a pitcher with a lamp inside of it. He instructed them to follow his lead. At the beginning of the middle watch, he held the trumpet in his right hand, broke the pitcher, and held the lamp in his left hand. All of them blew the trumpet and shouted, "The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon." The Midianites and Amalekites were confused, and they turned on each other. The victory of Gideon and his army liberated Israel.