Unlikely Hero

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Apr 27, 2025 · 5m

READ: JUDGES 6:1–7:25; ROMANS 5:6; 2 CORINTHIANS 12:8-10 Have you ever made excuses to God? Blamed God when bad things happened? Feared what others would think if you obeyed God’s voice? I have. But so did Gideon, and God worked through Gideon to rescue an entire nation. When the Israelites were oppressed by the Midianites, the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and called him a “mighty warrior” (verse 12). But Gideon’s response is not what you’d expect from a typical hero. First he asks why God would let the Midianites oppress them, and he accuses God of abandoning them (Judges 6:13). Bold…