I love the story of Gideon - it is one of the great examples of God using unlikely people.
God finds him hiding in a pit so that no one will see him threshing his grain. Basically, he is hiding.
So, what does God ask him to do? To lead the army of course. So the first thing that Gideon tries to do is to talk God out of it by explaining how unqualified he is. When that doesn't work he sets God a series of tests. He seeks sign after sign to avoid doing what God asks him to do. But finally he gives in and then it is God's turn.
God sets test after test to the men that Gideon recruited to be his army, until Gideon is left with less than a tenth of what he started with. They end up overwhelming the Midianites who had invaded Israel.
I think the point is that God can use all of us. If God chooses you, God will equip you. It wasn't Gideon's courage or vision that brought him victory. It was his obedience to God.
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