08/28/2026
September Is Among Us, The Month Of What We At Harvest in the City, Are Declaring As, The Month Of…
“CONSECRATION”
~Rebuilding The Altar
If the LORD is with us…”
“Why are we having so many troubles?”
“Where are all His miracles?”
“But now He has left us.”
Gideon says God has abandoned them while God is standing there talking to him.
I know what they told me God did.
I’m trying to reconcile that with what I see God allowing.”
Gideon thought God’s absence explained Israel’s condition.
God was about to reveal that Israel’s condition explained much of what Gideon interpreted as God’s absence.
“The angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon and said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior!” Then Gideon said, “Pardon me, sir. If the Lord is with us, why are we having so many troubles? Our ancestors told us he did miracles. They told us the Lord brought them out of Egypt. But now he has left us. He has allowed the Midianites to defeat us.” The Lord turned to Gideon and said, “You have the strength to save the people of Israel. Go and save them from the Midianites. I am the one who is sending you.””
Judges 6:12-14 ICB
(SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT NOT FEEL,Or SPEEK, WITH THE SAME AUTHORITY AS HEAVEN)
SO GOD WILL GIVE YOU , A assignment You can’t Comprehend…
“But Gideon answered, “Pardon me, Lord. How can I save Israel? My family group is the weakest in Manasseh. And I am the least important member of my family.” The Lord answered him, “I will be with you. It will seem as if you are fighting only one man.” Then Gideon said to the Lord, “If you are pleased with me, give me proof. Show me that it is really you talking with me. So Gideon built an altar there to worship the Lord. Gideon named the altar The Lord Is Peace. It still stands at Ophrah, where the Abiezrites live. That same night the Lord spoke to Gideon. The Lord said, “Take the bull that belongs to your father and a second bull seven years old. Pull down your father’s altar to Baal. Cut down the Asherah idol beside it. Then build an altar to the Lord your God. Build it on this high ground. Lay its stones in the right order. Then kill and burn the bull on this altar. Use the wood from the Asherah idol to burn your offering.” The men of the city got up the next morning. They saw that the altar for Baal had been destroyed! And they saw that the Asherah idol beside it had been cut down! They also saw the altar Gideon had built. And they saw the bull that had been sacrificed on it. So on that day Gideon got the name Jerub-Baal. The name means “let Baal fight against him.” They named him this because Gideon pulled down Baal’s altar.”
Judges 6:15-17, 24-26, 28, 32 ICB
~Dr Kevin
