My power is made perfect in weakness.
—2 Corinthians 12:9
Do the math. The Midianites were like swarms of locusts: they “could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore” (Jgs 6:5; 7:12). Comparatively, Gideon had a measly 32,000 troops, which God reduced to 300 before the battle was joined.
The weaponry of the 300 was ludicrous: each soldier was armed with a trumpet and a torch in a jar. Even so, the outcome was a jar-breaking, trumpet-blaring thumping of an army too great to be numbered.
God works best in those who acknowledge their weakness and glorify God’s greatness.
It’s pleasant to be appreciated and acknowledged. But dangerous.
Paul had reason to boast about his accomplishments, but “I refrain,” he said, “so no one will think more of me than is warranted” (2 Cor 12:5, 6).
Keep an eye out for your Gideon moment.