Judges 7:3-4 & 7, 3 Now therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is fearful and afraid, let him turn and depart at once from Mount Gilead.’ ” And twenty-two thousand of the people returned, and ten thousand remained. 4 But the Lord said to Gideon, “The people are still too many; bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. Then it will be, that of whom I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ the same shall go with you; and of whomever I say to you, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ the same shall not go.” …7 Then the Lord said to Gideon, “By the three hundred men who lapped I will save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand. (NKJV)

In this sermon we see that God never needs a crowd. He just needs a few good men. God delights to work with the week the underdog and the outnumbered. God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise. God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the strong. Why? So that no one may boast before him. In other words, He gets all the credit. In Judges 7 we see that Gideon’s army was tested in 2 ways; the test of fear and the test of discipline. Those 300 that passed both tests became champions and conquered the Midianites!