FEAST: 30 Days of Real Truth for Real LifeSample

Day 1: Gideon—Discernment

Snack

(No time for a full course right now? Take the main points from every day’s reflections straight into your day and come back for the rest later.)

1. God can (and often does) call you as HE sees you and not as you see yourself.
2. God is more patient than you can ever imagine and is not frustrated by you asking for clarity.
3. Once you are sure God is speaking, you MUST act upon it!

Appetiser

(Something to chew on as you prepare for your main course. Take this to your journal. You'll get a question like this every day of this plan.)

• How do you usually discern what God is calling you to?
• What have you done about it so far?

Main Course

God will ask you to do big things.So big, sometimes that you might even doubt that it is in fact God who is doing the asking. But what if it is? We learn from Gideon’s life, that God not only lets you ask, but that He might just give you the confirmation you’re asking for too! So, what happens when God asks you to do something and you’re definitely sure it’s Him? You DO IT. Gideon was cautious and took a while, but when he was sure, he acted on it. As you will read in today's passages, Gideon went on to defeat his opposition and God used him to save his people. It’s a wonderful story of God’s faithfulness partnered with a man who used discernment to move from cautious and unsure to obedient and victorious.

What can you learn from Gideon’s life today?