Are you living out your Christian life in secret?
Judges 6-7
By: Machelle McDowell
Do you bless your food in a restaurant, but do it with a low voice so no one can hear you?
Are you the same person six days a week that you appear to be on Sunday morning? Or do you live in a manner in which no one would ever even know you were a Christian by your actions?
Are you like Gideon was,(Judges 6) and obeyed God but in secret?
Gideon received a calling from God to tear down the altar of baal and cut down the Asherah poles (commonly used in idol worship). He was then to replace them with an altar to the Lord.
Sounds simple enough, right? The tiny kicker was, it was located in his father’s household!
Gideon obeyed God! But, out of fear of his family he completed the task during the night where no one would see him and he took 10 guys along with him, just in case!
Like us, sometimes we live out our walk with Christ on a secret path and in fear!
We hide our Lord instead of displaying him through our lives.
No one would know we were a child of God by our actions. It is a slippery slope to tread by claiming to love God and doing it in secret. Can it even be done?
Gideon began as a cowardly, skeptical, doubting warrior and God turned him into what He called, “A valiant warrior!”
Gideon stepped out from being a secret agent and into an unconcealed agent! His secret weapon is found in
Judges 6:34, “ The Spirit of the Lord Clothed Gideon” and empowered him to fulfill his purpose God had revealed to him. There was no hiding! He blew his trumpet loudly for the Lord!
Are you blowing your trumpet for God? What are you hiding from? Fear is a liar! The gospel is to be heralded.
Joshua 1:9- Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
We are clothed in the same spirit Gideon was wrapped in! Let’s stop living in spiritual incognito! Let’s turn from being a secret agent into a saving agent!