Don't You Get It? Who Me?

DON’T YOU GET IT? WHO ME? YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME?

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

I DON’T GET IT.WHO ME? YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME? RIGHT? DON’T YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE TALKING TO?

Hey angel: Sorry, I don’t know who you are? Or where you are from? But you don’t seem to get it? I can’t do anything? I am in hiding, I am a chicken? Have you not heard we have wander away from God? Have you heard about the MIDIANITES?

TEXT:

Judges 6:15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

I CAN’T DO ANYTHING? FOR 7 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN HARASSED BY THE MIDIANTES. DON’T YOU GET IT?

OUR CHOICES HAVE GOTTEN US INTO A TERRIBLE MESS, PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, MENTALLY AMD SPIRITUALLY… WE HAVE NOTHING TO FIGHT WITH…

Judges 6:1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. 2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.

WE ARE POOR: GET IT? THERE HAVE BEEN TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES TO OUR CHOICES… WE ARE HOPELESS …

DON’T YOU REALIZE WE HAVE NO GROWTHE OR INCREASE? We are barely surviving… WE ARE POOR!

Judges 6:3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; 4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. 5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. 6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.

WE ARE SO POOR THAT WE ARE HIDING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND CAVES. WE HAVE NO HOPE… GET IT? SOME OF US HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR PRAYER?

Judges 6:7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites,

8 That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; 9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land; 10 And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.

We have been assured by GOD --- WITH THE WARNING: YOU HAVE NOT BEEN HEARING ME NOR OBEYING ME…

HEY BOY, YOU SEEMED TO BE FOCUSED ON YOUR PROBLEMS. CAN WE NOT UNDERSTAND, DO WE NOT GET IT? ANGEL, DO YOU GET IT? WHAT DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND ANGEL… THE ANGEL SAYS: NO WHAT DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND? I AM SENT HERE…

Judges 6:11 And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.

THE ANGEL WARNED GIDEON: YOU DON’T GET IT… THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE MIDIANITES? THIS IS NOT ABOUT YOU NOR YOUR LITTLE FAMILY. GIDEON JUST CAN’T SEE IT? HE CAN’T GET IT? HE JUST FOCUSES ON THE PROBLEMS… CAN GOD? OR GOD CAN?

Judges 6:12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

Gideon says angel: GET IT… I AM NOT A MIGHTY MAN OF VALOR!! I am a chicken? I have no might…

LORD, WHO EVER YOU ARE? … I KNOW WHO I AM…IF YOU ARE RIGHT WHY ARE WE IN THIS MESS? YOU DON’T GET IT! REMEMBER GOD GETS IT!

Judges 6:13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.