Gideon Defeats the Midianites - Book of Judges Chapter 7


Summary

Gideon started out with 32,000 men to fight the Midianites.
Gideon said that the men who were afraid to go to battle were welcome to return home. It must have been disheartening to see 22,000 men turn around and walk away. But Gideon was left with 10,000 brave men (Judges 7:2, 3).

Even though these men were brave, they were not all wise. God asked Gideon to take them down to the river and watch them drink. The number of those who drank while keeping guard of their surroundings was 300 men. The other 9,700 bowed down to the water losing sight of potential enemy attacks. God said that the 300 would become Gideon’s army to fight against the Midianites (Judges 7:4-8). According to Judges 8:10 there were at least 135,000 enemy troops against Gideon’s 300 soldiers.

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So out of 32,000 only 300 were needed to do the job. That is approximately 1%. So 20% of humans to battle is still a little on the high side.


If The Lord is for us, who can be against us and the current battle is most certainly The Lord's.