Senwes Scenario December 2017 - March 2018 | Page 38

•••• CO L U M N He can do a lot with very little MILANIE VOSLOO IT IS QUITE NORMAL TO FEEL THAT THOSE WHO LIVE ACCORDING TO THE RIGHT VALUES, LEADERS WITH INTEGRITY AND THOSE WHO EMBRACE THE TRUTH, ARE DECREASING IN NUMBERS. IT CAN EVEN BE FRIGHTENING. T hat is until we read the story of Gideon. Last month we remembered how Gideon wanted signs from God to confirm that he really had to liberate his people. We read how Gideon gathered 44 000 men to subdue the powerful Midianites. No, God said, too many people. “Tell them that those who are afraid to fight, may return home from mount Gilead.” 10 000 men remained! And God again said that the numbers were too large. More were sent home, until a mere 300 remained. The rest is history. The enemy was subdued and never raised its head again (Judges 8:28). The same God who was able to subdue thousands of people with a small group of brave men, still rules today! And He still promises: “I will be with you!” (Judges 6:16). Perhaps we should remember the following today: • Despite the snowball-effect of a lie, the truth has a way of bringing something, somewhere, to an end. • Our Father is still the driver of the locomotive of life - even when things seem to be on the verge of derailing. • God has a way of bringing about miracles in the most unex- pected ways - despite the things which we cannot control. • He does not work with numbers, but with