It is the anointing of God that allows a person to occupy a position for which God called her. "(Kenneth Hagin)
Gideon was a young man and his story was told in Judges. 6. Gideon was found threshing wheat in a winepress, a tool that was not customarily used for such a function, but he was using it to hide the food of the Midianites, a people oppressing Israel. Until an angel of the Lord appeared to him and said: "The Lord is with you, powerful man of courage." (Judges 6.12)
When the angel appeared to Gideon, he himself complained about the situation he was in, then the angel said that he would be the same boy who would deliver Israel out of the hands of the Midianites. The boy then rebuked saying that his family was the poorest in Manasés and that he was the youngest of his father's house. To summarize the biblical story, God showed Gideon with signs and wonders that He was with the boy and in the end Gideon with only three hundred soldiers got the freedom of the people.
The story of Gideon is an example for several attitudes and thoughts that Christians should or should not have. But today I will focus on training.
Gideon found himself alone, hiding and accepting the idea that he was the youngest of his household, but God has not seen like that, for the first angel he spoke with was: "The Lord is with you, a powerful man of courage.
And that's my question for you today. How did you see?
I know that for many times we are created in homes or cultures that end up adding a feeling of self-control or insignificance, or because we have a successful older brother, or because we have cousins who have already been trained in a faculty, between different realities. But, how long will we allow the glances of others to dictate who we really are?
Our God created us to supply a specific need on Earth, a purpose that no other person in the world would perform as excellently as we can and must do. But, our problem is not wanting to be like David, who rejected the armor of Saul, but we always look for a comparison with others, either to feel better or worse. Your mission is only in you, it is impossible to fight or advance with the armor and with the same conquests as another person!
Perhaps, if David had agreed to use Saul's armor against Goliath, Saul could later have claimed that David only won by wearing his armor, but quite the contrary, David chose to use the tools that God had given only in his hands and that it would only serve to solve that problem.
When we accept Jesus and the Holy Spirit comes to dwell within us, we receive the anointing on us that enables us to serve the Kingdom of God, but we also receive the anointing from within, which enables us to bear fruit and advance in everything. If we have the anointing "on and within" what we are waiting for to enjoy positions and attitudes far superior to those of David, Gideon or any other person in the Old Testament? We are in a New Alliance and all the tools to succeed in it are available for use.
