When is Self-sufficiency an handicap?
2 The LORD said to Gideon, "You have too many warriors with you. If I let all of you fight the Midanites, the Israelites will boast to me that they saved themselves by their own strength. Judges 7:2, New Living Translation
Judges 7:2, New Living Translation
Self-sufficiency is an handicap when it causes us to believe we can do what we needs to be done in our own strength.
To prevent this attitude among Gideon's soldiers, God reduced their number from 32,000 to 300. (Judges 7:2-7, New Living Translation)
With an army this vastly outnumbered, there could be no doubt that victory was from God. (Judges 7:7, New Living Translation)
The men could not take the credit.
Like Gideon, we must recognize the danger of fighting in our own strength.
We can be confident of victory against life's challenges and temptations only if we put our confidence in God and not ourselves.
Judges 7:2, New Living Translation
- Deuteronomy 8:17-18
- Isaiah 10:13
- 2 Corinthians 4:7