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The doubtful can
change the world
MILANIE VOSLOO
WE ALL GO THROUGH TIMES OF STRONG FAITH
AND TRUST, OFTEN FOLLOWED BY TIMES OF
ABSOLUTE DOUBT. TIMES WHEN WE WONDER
IF GOD REALLY HEARS US, IF HE UNDERSTANDS
WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING IN MY LIFE AND IF
HE IS AT ALL INTERESTED IN BEING PART OF MY
LIFE.
I
f you are such a person, you are not alone. When the Lord
called Gideon in the Book of Judges 6 to free his peo
ple, he was busy threshing wheat on the floor of a winepress
because he was afraid of the Midianites. When the Angel of
God talks to him, he does not believe immediately. He asks
for a sign to make sure that it is in fact God talking to him.
Even after God gives him a miracle, he is still in doubt. He
asks again: “If it is true what You say... show me. I will leave
a wool fleece on the floor of the winepress. If there is dew on
the wool fleece but the surrounding soil remains dry, I will
know You want to use me...” God makes this happen, but
Gideon asks again: “Do not be impatient with me. Can I ask
one more time. Let the wool fleece be dry this time and the
surrounding soil wet.” As we know, God did just that. The rest
of the Gideon story tells how God miraculously delivers his
people through one doubtful person, who does what God asks
of him.
God does not necessarily work with the brave and faithful. He
works with and through you and I: People who feel weak, but
they do what is asked of them. Faithful people who sometimes
wonder, but they trust. Leaders who are also afraid, but they
take up the challenge with God, they choose the right path,
they live the truth... and they make a difference to the world.
God is the God of the doubtful. Because He can work
through them. Because he can prove that He can change peo
ple - without weapons. He can make the world a better place,
through them.
Lord, I often put out my wool fleece because I am in doubt.
Thank you for not getting impatient with me, but showing me
time and again that You are God. My God, our God, South Afri-
ca’s Father.
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