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The Wisdom of God: Part 78
Author
Timothy Laughlin
Published
Apr 15, 2026
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The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect. The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of His heart to all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His own inheritance. Psalm 33:10-12
The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect. The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of His heart to all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His own inheritance. Psalm 33:10-12
The Lord told Gideon, “You have too many soldiers with you for me to drop Midian into their hands, because Israel would become arrogant and say, ‘It was my own abilities that delivered me.’ That’s why you’re to ask in full view of the soldiers, “Whoever is afraid or is trembling may go back from Mount Gilead and return home.” So, 22,000 soldiers left, and 10,000 remained.
“There are still too many soldiers,” the Lord told Gideon. “Bring them down to the water, and I’ll refine them for you there. Therefore, when I say to you, ‘This one will be going with you,’ he’ll go with you, but no one may go about whom I tell you, ‘This one won’t be going with you.’”
So, he brought his soldiers down to the water, and the Lord told Gideon, “You are to cull out everyone who laps up water with his tongue like a dog from everyone who kneels to drink.” The contingent of soldiers who lapped water with their hands to their mouths numbered 300 men, while everyone else knelt to drink. This is God's way of humbling us so that His power would be manifest, not man's!
The Lord looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men. From the place of His dwelling, He looks On all the inhabitants of the earth, He fashions their hearts individually; He considers all their works. No king is saved by the multitude of an army; a mighty man is not delivered by great strength. A horse is a vain hope for safety; neither shall it deliver any by its great strength. Psalm 33:13-17
Your servant in Christ, Timothy Laughlin
Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
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