Hebrews 11:32–38 32–38 I could go on and on, but I’ve run out of time. There are so many more - Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, the prophets.... Through acts of faith, they toppled kingdoms, made justice work, took the promises for themselves. They were protected from lions, fires, and sword thrusts, turned disadvantage to advantage, won battles, routed alien armies. Women received their loved ones back from the dead. There were those who, under torture, refused to give in and go free, preferring something better: resurrection. Others braved abuse and whips, and, yes, chains and dungeons. We have stories of those who were stoned, sawed in two, murdered in cold blood; stories of vagrants wandering the earth in animal skins, homeless, friendless, powerless - the world didn’t deserve them! - making their way as best they could on the cruel edges of the world. (The Message Bible)

 

In this sermon, we look at Gideon and see that his story is about how God turns nobodies into somebodies. This is the story of the process that God uses to change losers into leaders. He turns zeros into heroes. He turns cowards into champions. That's what happened in Gideon's life and it can happen in your life. An angel of the Lord comes to Gideon who’s afraid of his own shadow and says this, ‘The Lord is with you mighty warrior.’ That is the ultimate irony! How did God change Gideon? God took him through a four step process; 1) Affirmation, 2) Revelation, 3) Confrontation, 4) Transformation.