And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
The LORD looked at him and said, 'Go with the strength you have, and you will rescue Israel from the Midianites. Haven't I sent you?'
God is telling Gideon to go forward with confidence because God himself has chosen and sent him to deliver Israel from their oppressors.
📚 Historical Context
This occurs during Israel's period of judges when the Midianites had been raiding and oppressing Israel for seven years, leaving them impoverished and hiding in caves. Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites when the angel of the LORD appeared to him. Despite Gideon's protests about his weakness and his family's insignificance, God was commissioning him as Israel's deliverer.
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