The end

Gideon has kinda let me down, he once had fire in his belly, he once tore down the baal alters, he once was known as 'baal fighter'.

This man has now turned Isreal's eyes away from the LORD and onto a vest!

This 'turn of attention' is what starts the hebrews back on that slippery down-hill slope to idol worship.

How soon they forget.

After Gideon's death, the story continues, his son Abimelech massacres 69 of his brothers (in one day!) and only leaves Jotham alive. He burnt 1000 men and women to death in a tower at Schechem [Judges. 9:49] and was finally killed himself, whilst attempting to burn another tower. A woman inside the tower dropped a millstone on his head and crushed his skull.

Gideon's story teaches us one main truth (I think);

When we stay close to God - we bear fruit, when we drift away from God - that's when the nettles and weeds come to choke us.

Gideon's life was known as 'mostly good'.

I don't want to have a 'mostly good' life.

I want more.

You don't have to stay hidden in the winepress.

"The LORD is with YOU, mighty warrior"

Love you X