Gideon and the Three Hundred: Lesson Seven

God gives courage to a man who is still afraid.

That night the LORD told Gideon to go down to the camp, because God had already delivered it into his hand.

Judges 7:9 (KJV): And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.

Gideon heard a Midianite tell a dream. A cake of barley bread rolled into the camp and knocked down a tent.

Judges 7:13 (KJV): And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.

His friend said the dream meant the sword of Gideon. God had delivered Midian into his hand.

Judges 7:14 (KJV): And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.

When Gideon heard it, he worshipped. Then he told Israel to get up, because the LORD had delivered the host of Midian.

Judges 7:15 (KJV): And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

Scripture References

Judges 7:9
Judges 7:13
Judges 7:14
Judges 7:15