Size Does not Define the Victory

 

We live in a "Walmart world"—obsessed with the idea that bigger is always better. We supersize our meals, our buildings, and even our expectations of the church, assuming that impact is measured by volume.

God operates on a different scale.      The Gideon Principle

When Gideon prepared to face the Midianites, he had 32,000 soldiers. God looked at the crowd and said, "Too many." Through a series of divine "downsizing" maneuvers, the army was whittled down to just 300 men armed only with trumpets and jars.

The Result: Victory didn't come from numbers; it came from the source.

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Small Hands, Great God

We often play the "Who, me?" card. We look at our small congregations or our modest talents and feel like Moses—begging God to send someone more "qualified." We laugh at the Great Commission because we feel too tiny to reach "all nations."

But remember:

• The Original Team: Jesus gave the Great Commission to fewer than a dozen people.
• The Weaponry: Your "spiritual gifts" aren't small when they are fueled by an infinite God.
• The Shift: We need to stop obsessing over our lack and start believing in His abundance.

The Bottom Line

Stop measuring the church by the seating capacity and start measuring it by the Sending Capacity. It is time to trade the "Walmart mentality" for a "Gideon faith."

Don't look at what you aren't; look at who He is.-     Randy L. Wall

PRAYER -   Lord, forgive me for the times I focus on what I am not and am blind to how great and able you are.  I praise you that you are a God that can do more than we ask or even imagine.  Help me to trust that you never call your people to do anything without enabling them to do it;  through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.