GIDEON: FROM A ZERO TO A HERO
(Judges 6 and 7) God’s people turned away from Him; They were known as the Israelites. So God allowed them to be, Oppressed by the Midianites. The Israelites called to God for help, While hiding in mountain caves. The Midianites were stealing their goods, And treated them worse than slaves. So the Lord needed a leader, Whose strength was not of might. He would ask the man He chose, To instigate a fight. An angel spoke to Gideon, While he was threshing wheat. He called him a Mighty Warrior, Tho’ unlikely as one could meet. Gideon stuttered with fear and doubt, He knew God needed a hero. He first thought, “I’m not the man, For I am but a zero." “My clan is considered the least, And I am the least of the least. I am not the one to ask, To slay the men from the east.” The Lord said “I will be with you; W e will do