Today I read Judges 6 where Gideon is introduced. I like the story of Gideon. It's one of my favorites really. It is a story that clearly displays that God takes care of His servants. Nothing about the story of Gideon could have happened without the help of Heavenly Father. In this chapter, Gideon is visited by an angel who tells Gideon he has been chosen of God. Surprisingly, Gideon does not respond favorably.
Gideon responds the way most of us would. He gets angry and upset. He asks the angel where God is and where are His miracles that he has read about and heard about all his life. Now, for someone who has been living under the thumb of a people like the Midianites it is a perfectly natural reaction. Neither the angel nor God gets angry and Gideon though for his outburst. Rather the angel shows Gideon a miracle. He causes fire to come out of a rock and consume a meal that Gideon had prepared for him.
That night Gideon and his servants, at the behest of God, cast down the altar of Baal and raise up an altar to God and make a sacrifice. It makes me laugh because in the morning the people are mad and demand that Gideon's father bring him out so that they can punish Gideon. His father, Joash, accuses them of worshiping Baal instead of God. He then goes as far as to say let Baal take care of himself if he is a god! I love it! It reminds me of Elijah and his mocking of the priests of Baal which we will read later in the scriptures. Heavenly Father gets angry. It says it right in the scriptures. The difference between God's anger and our anger is that God always has righteous anger. It always makes me laugh when the prophets in the Old Testament stand up for Heavenly Father and cast down the false gods and are not gentle about it at all. I can't say I really blame them because how would you feel if you are constantly having to prove that you exist and are the true God? It would get old really fast in my opinion. Better not to tempt Heavenly Father. Until tomorrow.
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