Praying Judges 6:1-24

Become still. Breathe deeply for a time; then allow your breathing to return to normal; continue regular breathing, but with gentle awareness.

Pray: Sovereign Lord, by your grace help me to see as you see and to hear what you have for me to hear.

Engage your best thinking, as you read the Bible's book of Judges, chapter 6, verses 1 through 24.

What does this reading say about the Israelis, about Gideon, and about God? You may want to make some notes. Here are some things one discussion group noted:

1. Repetition--God proves promises again and again
2. Israeli people are disobedient
3. God sends a prophet, reminding Israelis of what God has done and of what God requires
4. Gideon objects to being sent
5. Gideon is assured that God will be with him

Read the passage of scripture again--this time with your heart opened for a personal message from God. What word, phrase, or picture seems to beckon to you? Stay with that word, phrase, or picture, turning it over in your heart. 

Offer thanks to God for any personal message, any invitation, and/or any assurance that you have received. Fervently commit to do that to which God has invited you, if you have sensed an invitation; likewise with any command of God that you may have received.

Finally, rest in the Lord. Allow yourself to feel the flow of God's blessing this day.