ANGELIC MINISTRY (PART 9)
TEXT: Judges
6:12-16 (KJV)
12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
14 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?
15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
14 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?
15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
A careful
study of the history of mankind will reveal to you that there are certain
individuals that have been raised up to champion a course and leave an impact
in their generation in the most unusual way. They seem to possess extraordinary
abilities and grace to succeed where others fail. Somehow on the inside they
sense this call to duty which they just cannot ignore. From our text for today
it became clear that sometimes these individuals may not even have an idea of
the magnitude of the assignment before them. Gideon was destined to accomplish
this divine assignment but it took the encounter with an angel of the Lord for
him to even consider the possibility. Without the visit of the angel it may
have taken a longer time for Gideon to even sense the need of this assignment.
With supernatural encounters come supernatural direction and boldness to follow
and accomplish destiny. Over the last 100years there are stories of divine
visitations to people like the parents of Abraham Lincoln, William Brenham, Benny
Hinn and others. With such visitations comes a new direction and
responsibilities for such individuals. When the Lord chooses to reveal himself
to an individual through the visitation of an angel, something awesome is bound
to follow. For such individuals there is this unusual presence they have
attached to their lives and work and anyone who choose to go against them
thinking they are doing the work by their own power will end up contending with
the angel assigned to help that individual succeed. Be careful what you say or
do against a messenger of God.
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