When we find ourselves under the discipline of God, we know that in due time, a word from the Lord will be forthcoming. God is thorough in His refining, but He will ultimately reveal a means of deliverance.
In God’s divine timing, He sent an angel to an ordinary, working man, named Gideon. Gideon was a farmer, a minor figure in his home. He was so fearful of the enemy that he was attempting to sift wheat in a wine press. This task was normally only effectively accomplished on a hilltop where the wind could blow the chaff away from the wheat. Nevertheless, he was attempting to sift wheat while in a crevice in the ground where there was no wind. It was a futile effort by a fearful man.
We can find ourselves in such Gideon-like moments in our life. We are in a hole rather than on a mountaintop. Our enemies and problems seem insurmountable. And worse, we feel inadequate. If it were not for God, we might well be. Aren’t you glad that we are always just one fresh word from God from a radically altered life!