Day 71 | Judges 7–8 — Three Hundred Men and a Barley Cake — Gideon’s Victory and His Undoing | Bible in a Year

Thirty-two thousand men become three hundred, because God won't share the glory with an army large enough to take credit. A dream about a barley cake does what months of reassurance couldn't — it drains the fear right out of Gideon. Trumpets and jars send the enemy into a panic before a single sword is drawn. But the same man who refuses a crown quietly builds himself one anyway, and the hero who started this chapter starts becoming someone else by the end of it.Here we consider weakness, courage, humility, hidden pride, and how quickly a rescuer can become a threat.