You Are Called To Reign In This Life

When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, "The Lord is with you, mighty warrior". Judges 6:12

God sees you differently from the way anyone else sees you. Even our own opinions about ourselves can be so different from the opinion of the Lord. Sometimes we do not know and we fail to see our potential and the gift that the Lord has placed in us. There are many people living in a mediocre mindset without knowing their actual quality and the standard that the Lord has called them to live. Maybe you could not see any potential in you now but long ago the Lord has planned and ordained something for you.

This is what happened to Gideon in the Bible. Gideon was an ordinary man who was living a life full of fear because of the Midianites. During that time, Gideon was living under his actual quality and ability. He did not know that the Lord had marked him and chosen him to do a great work for the Lord. Most of the time he spent his time at the threshing floor and did his normal daily routine. One day an angel of the Lord came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah, where Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from being known by the Midianites.

To Gideon's surprise the Angel of the Lord says, "The LORD is with you, mighty warrior." Judges 6:12 . Probably Gideon was shocked when the angel called him 'mighty warrior' because this is the first time someone called him with such a great 'calling'. God sees him as a mighty warrior that will save the Israelites from the hands of the Midianites. To cut the long story short, after some time Gideon defeated the Midianites with the favour of the Lord.

God had chosen a simple man to accomplish a great task. Likewise many of us do not recognise our ability in the Lord. If God can choose a simple man like Gideon to accomplish a great purpose, God also can use you. Each one of us has a purpose in this life and God has planned your destiny long ago. Do not be afraid if God has called you to do a new task but face it with full confidence in Him.

After all you are not going to do the task by your own strength but you will have the favour of the Lord and His strength will be with you. What is needed is total obedience and surrender to God with all your heart. Do not look down upon yourself and do not let people's opinion and what people say about you destroy your future. See yourself as how God sees you. God sees you as His potential to accomplish what He wants you to accomplish. You are called to reign in this life.