Gideon's Journey In The Book Of Judges

Gideon's Journey As many Christians may know, Gideon is a major character in the book of Judges. He was the youngest son of Joash who lived in Ophrah, just west of the Jordan River. Gideon was chosen by God to rescue Israel from the Midianites. Even though Israel stopped worshipping God after he died, he is a hero of Israel because he helped focus Israel's eyes on God when he was alive and he had strong faith in God. God gave Israel to the Midianites because they were not focusing their eyes on Him. They were under the Midianites' rule for seven years before they were rescued by Gideon. The Israelites built shelters and homes in mountains because their fear of the Midianites was great. They would bombard their crops and invade their fields in large numbers. Barely getting by, the people of Israel were deathly afraid of what the Midinaites would do next. An angel of God was sent down to go and tell Gideon how he could help Israel. The angel told Gideon that the Lord was with him, but Gideon didn't take that very well. He asked the angel why then hasn't God been with Israel when the Midianites took over them. And the Lord turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; do not I send you?". And
If there is dew on the fleece alone, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said." I chose this group of verses to be the summary of Gideon's life because he was known for the golden fleece. He had faith in God, but he wanted to make sure it was real. Obviously, God responded and Gideon went on with what he was asked of him. He was able to defeat the Midianites and after that he was a hero. As a result, the focus of Israel's eyes were back on