Judges 8

In verses 22-27 we find a convicting story of a man who withstood the temptation of prestige, power, and wealth. Gideon would not be their king. How would we do under such pressure, with such an opportunity before us, knowing it was not our destiny...but would we relent?

And yet, in his greatest stand, we see he soon succumbed to the relentless forcers of darkness. God told Cain to beware, that sin was always crouching at the door and that he must master it. Peter tells us in 1 Peter 5:8-9 that Satan is roaming to devour. Sin, temptation, it is relentless. One victory does not deter it. As we see with Gideon, he withstood only to fall.

May it not be so with us! We will not relent! James promises us that if we submit ourselves to God and resist the Devil, he must flee from us! It is always our choice ultimately...do not relent! Whose gift will you accept, heaven's or hell's?

Pastor Fred