execute the plan

Judges 7:12-18

12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.

13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.

14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.

15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.

17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.

18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.

With GOD Less is More!

GOD has LOWERED Gideon's troop size from twenty-two thousand to three hundred!!! Just four hundred and fifty to one odds against the Israelites!?!? It's CRAZY!!!

GOD assures him, that while the odds are against him; the army of Midian will be delivered into his hands! Even so, this took GREAT courage and FAITH for Gideon and his soldiers to execute. 

From today's verses; "their camels were WITHOUT NUMBER, as the sand by the sea side for multitude." Gideon and his soldiers witness the staggering number of their opponents. It has to be sublime to see this force that should mean your assured DEATH. But, they have a plan; "And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers." Their hands are full. Their minds are focused on their objective. All they have to do is execute the plan and TRUST in the LORD for all the rest.