Start Where You Are

From: The Word For Today - Bob Gass Ministries

Judges 6:12 "The Lord is with you, O champion!

If you've been under attack lately, get ready; God's about to show you what the fight is all about! The level of warfare over your life tells you what God is going to build in and through you. Sometimes the devil is more aware of who we are than we are. Gideon was hiding in a cave, afraid of the Midianites. Yet God calls him a "mighty warrior."

God sees things in you others don't; that even you don't! Our God, who is "the beginning and the end" sees things in their completed state - including your ultimate victory.

Somewhere in your life you should have a vision that humanly speaking makes no sense, something you know could never happen without God. It will take you beyond your own competency and make you realize that it's "Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord" (Zechariah 4:6).

Quit asking people who they think you are. Ask God! When He endorses you what difference does their opinion make?

When God calls you He shows you what you've got, then empowers you to use it. When Gideon said, "I don't have what it takes," the Lord replied, "Go in the strength you have" (Judges 6:14), and "I will be with you, and you will strike down all the Midianites" Judges 6:16).

There's an important truth here: you must start where you are and use what you have, then God will give you more. If you're unwilling to move until you get more, you may wait forever!