Saving by the Weakest

15 So he (Gideon) said to Him, "O my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house." 16 And the Lord said to him, "Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites as one man." -(Judges 6:15,16) (NKJV).

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Telemachus was living a quiet Christian life in a village in the 4th century. He spent a lot of time in prayer. One day he heard God tell him "Go to Rome".

Immediately he obeyed and began his journey on foot. After many days he arrived at the city. At that time the entire city was in a festive mood. A big crowd was going towards the Coliseum. He also followed and went inside. He saw the gladiators salute the emperor saying "We, who are going to die, salute you!" Those gladiators were either murderers or slaves. They would fight each other till the other one died. Sometimes they would have to fight lions or tigers. Seeing this, Telemachus cried in a loud voice, "In the name of Jesus, stop!"

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They did not heed any attention to his shout and started the fight and so he jumped into the arena. Seeing a puny little figure running towards the mighty gladiators, the crowd started to laugh thinking it was some kind of joke.

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When they realized that he was sincere, the crowd began to get angry. One of them stabbed him with his sword. Telemachus fell on the ground bleeding. Others started to throw stones at him. But still he kept on pleading with them to stop the fight and died.

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Then an unexpected thing happened. The gladiators were looking at the dead body. There was silence throughout the coliseum. One man from the front row stood up and began to leave. Others too followed him and went out in the deathly quietness.

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After that incident in 391 A.D. the fight in the coliseum was completely stopped. Hallelujah. All this happened because a man spoke in the name of God! . Perhaps, we may think, "I am an insignificant person in a corner. Who is going to listen to me?" If a simple man's pleading could stop a deadly sport, the words we say in God's name will surely be heard. Gideon asked "O my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house." And the Lord said to him, "Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites as one man." And indeed he defeated the Midianites.

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It is easy for the Lord to save either through the least and the weakest. But if we do not act, who can the Lord use?

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Bible says in Proverbs 31:8,9, "Open your mouth for the speechless, In the cause of all who are appointed to die. Open your mouth, judge righteously, And plead the cause of the poor and needy." We should speak for those cannot speak for themselves and the oppressed. God will look at those people and do justice to them. When the LORD God called Moses to lead the Israelites from bondage he said, "O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue."

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So the Lord said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the Lord? Now therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say." - (Exodus 4:10-12).

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Only with that stammering Moses He saved the Israelites from slavery. So, it is our duty to go according to His call and He will teach us what to say. Shall we stand up for the Lord? Shall we speak as He directs? Shall we be His

mouth-piece? May the Lord bless us. Amen. Hallelujah.

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"I need tongues to talk for Me

And legs to walk as I walked

I need people who love Me

You must be that one"

Calls Jesus

Talk to Him, He will lead you.

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Prayer:Our Loving Heavenly Father, we thank you for this good day. We thank you for calling us, the least and weakest, like you called Gideon and Moses. We praise you for doing mighty things if we accept your call. Grant us the grace to realize your calling. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully, In Jesus Loving Name I Pray, Amen."