us more dependent upon him and provides greater potential to glorify him. ) After reducing the ranks of his army, God sent Gideon to the enemy’s camp and told him to listen to what they were saying. As a result he gained encouragement from the lips of one of the Midianites who was telling his friend about a dream he had: ‘A round loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent with such force that the tent overturned and collapsed’ (v. 13).