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I Will Surely Be with You

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2026-09-13 [사사기(Judges) 6:11 - 6:24]

11	Now the angel of the LORD came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
12	And the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, "The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor."
13	And Gideon said to him, "Please, sir, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonderful deeds that our fathers recounted to us, saying, 'Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?' But now the LORD has forsaken us and given us into the hand of Midian."
14	And the LORD turned to him and said, "Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; do not I send you?"
15	And he said to him, "Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house."
16	And the LORD said to him, "But I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man."
17	And he said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me.
18	Please do not depart from here until I come to you and bring out my present and set it before you." And he said, "I will stay till you return."
19	So Gideon went into his house and prepared a young goat and unleavened cakes from an ephah of flour. The meat he put in a basket, and the broth he put in a pot, and brought them to him under the terebinth and presented them.
20	And the angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and put them on this rock, and pour the broth over them." And he did so.
21	Then the angel of the LORD reached out the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes. And fire sprang up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. And the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.
22	Then Gideon perceived that he was the angel of the LORD. And Gideon said, "Alas, O Lord GOD! For now I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face."
23	But the LORD said to him, "Peace be to you. Do not fear; you shall not die."
24	Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD and called it, The LORD Is Peace. To this day it still stands at Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiezrites.

Thinking & Understanding
The Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree at Ophrah in the form of an angel. At the time, Gideon was secretly beating out wheat in the winepress because he was afraid of the Midianites. However, the Lord’s angel called Gideon “a mighty man of valour” and told him that the Lord was with him. Gideon shrank back, insisting that he lacked strength, but the Lord promised to be with him. Gideon sought a sign, and the Lord responded by making fire spring from a rock to burn Gideon’s offering. Gideon built an altar in that place and called it “The Lord is Peace.”

Who is God?
VV. 17-21 God helps those who lack faith to believe. It can’t have been easy for Gideon, who had endured oppression by Midian for seven years, to shake off his defeatist mindset and the idea that God had abandoned him. But God was understanding and gave a sign as Gideon requested. God desires for us to be people of faith, so when we lack faith, let’s ask God to give us faith (Mark 9:24).

What lesson is God teaching me?
VV. 11-24 Gideon doubted and questioned before he believed. He dared to argue against the Lord’s Word and sought a sign from God. It may seem like Gideon was faithless, but he was actually growing in his faith and relationship with God. It is better to honestly inquire and question than to feign belief.

Prayer
Lord, thank you for revealing yourself to me in a way that I can understand so that I may grow in faith.