Be Aware of Your Surroundings Make Sure Everything Adds Up

The sermon today concerns Gideon, who was preparing to battle the Midianities, who had an army of 135,000. God had Gideon reduce his own army from 32,000 to 300. It was with this group that God gave Gideon the victory against overwhelming odds. From this we learn a few things: 1. With God, ALL things are possible. What is impossible with humans is very possible with God. Logic would say it is ludicrous to take 32,000 against 135,000, but totally suicidal to take a mere 300 against the same number. Yet the Bible gives the permanent proof that this 300 defeated the 135,000 -- all because of God's hand in it. 2. We should be aware of the company we keep; who surrounds us. Gideon had 32,000, which was too much in God's eyes. We can have so people and things around us that we are distracted from seeing God. Just as God cut the fluff from Gideon's army, so we need to cut the things and people from our lives that keep us from seeing God.