300 Men

Judges 7: 4-6
v4 > "There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say "This one shall go with you,"he shall go; but if I say "This one shall not go with you,"he shall not.
v5 > So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the Lord told him, "Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel down to drink."
v6 > Three hundred men lapped with their hands to their mouth. All the rest lap the water with their tongue.

In this story where God chose 300 Men to fight the battle against the Middianites. God chose the 300 men according to their actions or their response to the test God gave them. ( by how they drink water from the spring)

"our Actions reflects who we are" regardless of whatever the situation is, or time. Our Actions will make us or break us.




The 300 Men

> shows Zeal with Wisdom - Proverbs 19:2;

although they are thirsty they uses the correct manner or the                             
 right way in the eyes of Lord to response to their need. They have the passion and they acted on their passion with wisdom which is    
pleasing to God.










> shows Humility, honoring God before anything -
 Doing not the shortcuts shows humility and honoring God. It is us showing God that we can wait on Him and we trust Him as we wait.






Everything is a process. Jesus uses His  hands first to pray before He speak to men. Don't forget to give thanks to God before receiving anything from God.



> shows Passion in action -                                                                                                                                                        
God as the water, water as their passion. Hands as to action, tongues as to words. These men shows their passion to God through their actions not just through their tongues. Passion is best express in Actions!








> shows Self-control, Spirit-filled
- God's people are self-controlled, He wants to send this kind of soldiers in the battle. Self-controlled people are spirit empowered people. The word of God said in Galatians 5:22-25 the fruit of the Spirit is self-control. God does not or will not send those who are not spirit-empowered (self-controlled) people. Can control emotions, not controlled by situations! ( sa tanan area labi na sa kaon!)




> shows Decency, ethics   or moral 
- These men who use their hands to get water to their mouth to drinks, shows ethics or the right way to do it. Unlike the rest who use their tongue like a dog to drink water from the spring. God's people should be the first one to be seen and known as decent people, in actions, in words. The way we walk, we dress, we talk, we mingle ( dili galasgaw, dili unethical, dili pasaway...maka disqualify sa battle, pero pwede mag change!)

> shows that God is not just up to Quantity but Quality too!

Let's count ourselves in. Be!
12:00am 2/26/12
MRLG