Judges 6:2
The LORD said to Gideon, "You have too many men for Me to deliver Midian into their hands. In order that Israel may not boast against Me that her own strength has saved her,..."
Gideon started with thirty-two thousand men to deliver God's people from Midian. But God wanted to make sure they all know their deliverance wasn't due to their own strength, but because of God. So through a couple of little tests the number of Gideon's men was reduced to only three hundred.
I always am fighting the between trying to really trust God or wanting to do things my way. How smart was it for Gideon to send away 31,700 troops and only use 300 men to defeat the Medianites? From a human perspective, not very. But that's only the case if you don't really trust God and believe He knows what He's doing. If I really believe God is in control then the most foolish thing to do is to use my own strength and understanding to resolve a crisis rather than to follow His leading.
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