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Victory from God

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2026-09-16 [사사기(Judges) 7:15 - 7:25]

15	As soon as Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, he worshiped. And he returned to the camp of Israel and said, "Arise, for the LORD has given the host of Midian into your hand."
16	And he divided the 300 men into three companies and put trumpets into the hands of all of them and empty jars, with torches inside the jars.
17	And he said to them, "Look at me, and do likewise. When I come to the outskirts of the camp, do as I do.
18	When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow the trumpets also on every side of all the camp and shout, 'For the LORD and for Gideon.'"
19	So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just set the watch. And they blew the trumpets and smashed the jars that were in their hands.
20	Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the jars. They held in their left hands the torches, and in their right hands the trumpets to blow. And they cried out, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!"
21	Every man stood in his place around the camp, and all the army ran. They cried out and fled.
22	When they blew the 300 trumpets, the LORD set every man's sword against his comrade and against all the army. And the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
23	And the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali and from Asher and from all Manasseh, and they pursued after Midian.
24	Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, "Come down against the Midianites and capture the waters against them, as far as Beth-barah, and also the Jordan." So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters as far as Beth-barah, and also the Jordan.
25	And they captured the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb. Then they pursued Midian, and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon across the Jordan.

Thinking & Understanding
Gideon gained courage by spying on the enemy and confidently believed that the Lord would give Midian into his hands. He used the enemies’ fear of God and his sword to come up with a strategy. The Israelite army of 300 men surrounded the enemy camp, blew trumpets, broke jars, held up torches, and cried out. The already nervous Midianite army fled, running into each other in a panic. Gideon chased after them, and the tribe of Ephraim seized the area by the Jordan and captured the fleeing enemies. In the end, Israel gained a great victory.

Who is God?
VV. 15-25 The victory of Gideon and his army of 300 men is not a tale of the heroic Gideon but a tale of God. God raised up the hesitant Gideon into a powerful warrior and accomplished a great deed to make himself known to the fickle people of Israel. Even in times of success, we mustn’t grow arrogant; the greater our accomplishments, the more we should lower ourselves and glorify God.

What lesson is God teaching me?
VV. 15-22 Gideon’s army went up against their enemy carrying just torches and jars rather than swords and shields. It may have seemed reckless, but it was because they were confident that the Lord was with them. When the Lord fights alongside us, he uses means that defy our logic. As we face today’s spiritual battles, let’s exercise the true courage that comes from faith.

Prayer
Lord, as a participant in your work, help me to follow you by faith and obey humbly as someone who shares in your works.