SCRIPTURE READING: JUDGES 7:1–11 KEY VERSE: JUDGES 7:2 And the Lord said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel claim glory for itself against Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’ ” Gideon understood fear and hopelessness. Imagine his circumstances: Gideon, with a very small army, was called by God to defeat a large army of Midianites. It seemed as though the odds were against him. But he