Plead with Christ, Expect Power from Him!
" And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? Will ye save him?" —Judges 6:31 [KJV] When the Lord Jesus appears and manifests Himself to the soul, it is so struck with His glory and grace, that it cries out in holy ecstasy, "What have I to do any more with idols?" — Hosea14:8— and an altar for spiritual worship is presently set up in the heart, and consecrated to Jehovah-Shalom, the L ORD of peace . In this chapter is a sweet view of the zeal of Gideon for the true worship of Jehovah. He instantly obeyed the word of Jesus, the angel of the presence, the man, the PEACE who appeared to him, and at His command he threw down the altar of Baal. He expected opposition from his Father's household and from the men of the city, therefore he did it by night. A blessed instance of the obedience of faith joined to sanctified reason. As to the consequence after the work done, he "conferred not with flesh and blood;" he wa