Judges 8: The Extraordinary Grace Of God on Full Display
Gideon—this one who needed sign after sign when God had made it so clear from the very beginning that He was calling him; this one who vacillated, whose heart was filled with doubts, whose mind was flooded with confusion, the one who set himself up as king after he said that only God could be king—is one of only a handful of men who made it into God’s “Hall of Faith,” found in Hebrews 11. Moses isn’t there. David isn’t there. Elisha, Elijah, and Ezekiel aren’t there. Why is Gideon there?
The conclusion we can come to is not that Gideon is a great guy—but that God used an ordinary guy – a flawed man - in an extraordinary way.
It’s pure grace that Gideon was used like he was. It’s pure grace that he is listed in the hall of faith. And it’s even greater grace that God chooses to call and to use people like us.
