(Judges 7:9-10) "And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:" In the above passage, Gideon was commanded by God to go down to the encamped enemy and conquer them, but first God wanted Gideon to spy them out. You see, God wanted Gideon to see firsthand that He had already placed a fear in the enemy's heart, but He also wanted Gideon to face his own personal fear; and that's why God told him to take with him his servant. Sometimes we just need another to walk with us. In the story of Gideon hear, God wants all of us to realize that fear is always present with us, even when we know the will of God. God shrunk the army of Gideon from 32,000 men of war to only 300 of the most fearful. Why, to teach him that it was not by his might that he would win the battle, but rather by God's. Fear is natural, but God supernatural. Fear is always present, but if we will just let faith lead as Gideon did, we too will see the victory and God will receive all the Glory!
