In Judges, chapter six, verse sixteen, all those who, like Gideon, earnestly seek to serve God can depend on the presence of God with them. This promise is made to the New Testament believers by Jesus Christ Himself in Matthew twenty-eight, nineteen through twenty.
The Lord doesn’t answer Gideon’s objections about saving Israel from the Midianites as in Judges six, eleven through fifteen. Instead, God says, “I will be with you.” The Lord always insists that’s the only answer any person should need to hear. Man’s power is always irrelevant next to the will of their Creator, as in Luke eighteen twenty-seven and Exodus fifteen six. The Lord adds that He is with Gideon, and the victory will be clear and convincing.
The first possibility is that God meant Israel would rally behind Gideon, and they would fight with the unity and cooperation of a single person. Another probability is that this is a prediction that Gideon would defeat every Midianite to the last man until none were left to oppress Israel. God’s initial reference to him as a “mighty man of valor,” as in Judges six, verse twelve, becomes more ironic as the conversation continues in seventeen.
Today, believers need to be content in situations that may not be favorable at the time in their lives. There is a tendency to respond to something that appears to be wrong. However, for a believer, it is important not to worry about anything but to pray over everything, which includes our experiences that may seem negative. God said He would be with His people.
The problem with us during the good times, most of us do not pay attention when things are going well. However, when hardship or something wrong happens, believers call on God. He was always there with us, but we were not always paying attention because our focus on the matter tends to distract us from the one that matters the most.