Bottom line: God unexpectedly calls unlikely leaders to accomplish "unbelievable" things for Him and with Him.
Gideon is an unlikely choice to lead the military into action. When we meet him in the story of Judges, he is hiding in a winepress threshing wheat. He seems anything but courageous. However, God sees something in Gideon that Gideon doesn't even see in himself - a mighty man of valor. Gideon doesn't know it when he meets God, but God will use Gideon to deliver Israel from the oppression of Midian. God will give Gideon his divine authority and divine accompaniment. And with God's power and presence, Gideon will deliver Israel. One of the most important lessons we can learn from Gideon's story is that God can use anyone. And that means God can use us. Let's lean into God's authority and presence and watch Him do great things through us.