Every Man Stood in His Place

Every Man Stood in His Place
Judges 7:15-23
Heb 11:32 "And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah …who through faith ..out of weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight …
“Character is who you are on the inside which reflects who you are on the outside”…
Judges 7:15-23 And so it was, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, that he worshiped. He returned to the camp of Israel, and said, "Arise, for the Lord has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand."
Time of Judges ...
Judges 2:10-12 When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the Lord nor the work which He had done for Israel.
Every Man Stood in his Place ...
Judges 7:21 And every man stood in his place all around the camp; and the whole army ran and cried out and fled.
Every Man Stood in his Place ...
Who? … Every man
What? … Stood
Where ? … In his place
1st ..“Every man”
They needed every man …
The army of the Lord does not have one soldier to spare …
Armies of Midianites ...
Judges 7:12 Now the Midianites and Amalekites, all the people of the East, were lying in the valley as numerous as locusts; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the seashore in multitude.
The odds against Israel...
32,000 (7:1-2)
2 The Lord said to Gideon, "The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel claim glory for itself against Me, saying, 'My own hand has saved me.'
The odds against Israel...
10,000 (7:3)
3 'Whoever is fearful and afraid, let him turn and depart at once from Mount Gilead.'" And 22,000 of the people returned, and 10,000 remained.
One final test (7:4-5)
But the Lord said to Gideon, "The people are still too many; bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there.
Armies of Midianites ...
135,000 vs 300 chosen men of Israel
Outnumbered 450 to 1
We Need Every Man ...
Consider the odds against us …
Satan (ruler of this world, god of age)
Name one place he doesn’t have …
He wants your home … your mind …
2nd .. Every Man Stood ...
Israel’s men were not trained soldiers
Farmers vs 135,000 soldiers
Weapons (trumpets, pitchers, torches)
What Israel had ...
7:7 the Lord said "By the 300 men who lapped I will save you ..
7:15 “Arise, for the Lord has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand”
7:18 The sword of the Lord and Gideon
Unconditional faith …
135,000 vs 300 (PLUS GOD)
Now Midian is mismatched …
“Faith is the refusal to panic” ..
Unconditional faith …
2 Kings 6 Israel fighting the Syrians
Elisha: “Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
The Need to Stand ...
1 Corinthians 16:13 Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.
1 Peter 5:8-9 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 9 Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.
Peter’s faith …
Peter ultimately failed when he became fearful ..
But what he did do was step out …
3rd Stood in His Place ...
The Lord’s army and kingdom has a place for each one of us to stand …
Each must accept his place and be willing to do his part …
3rd Stood in His Place ...
Matthew 25 the talents are given to each person and the Lord only expects us to use what we are given …
Only the one who does not use the ability they have is reprimanded
Where is your place?
Heb 11:32 "And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah …who through faith ..out of weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight …
Every Man Stood in His Place
Judges 7:15-23