“But I will be with you,” the Lord said to him. (v. 16)

Consider the calling that’s in front of you:

You are asked to live in a culture that has lost its moral mind. You are asked to engage with a singular and enduring and undimmed truth, which is the only Gospel, the Good News of salvation through Christ alone. You are asked to navigate an ever-increasing godlessness—or, more accurately, an ever-multiplying pantheon of secular gods—even though it draws the scorn of the nations.

You are asked to do all of that, even if it costs you culturally and popularly and materially.

Sound like too much for you?

Because it is.

But the same thing that was true for Gideon, who faced a similarly stark calling in pagan Midian, is true for us. We are not asked to do any of it on our own, in our own strength, with our own wisdom and ability. God, by His Spirit, goes with us—His strength, His wisdom, His power for His purposes through His people.

God goes with you.

And that makes all the difference.

— Tyler