A Round Loaf Of Barley Bread

"I had a dream," he was saying. "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." - Judges 7:13

Gideon had 32 000 men at arms. God told him to release all those who feared - 22 000 went home, leaving 10 000 men. Still too many. God did not want the Israelites to boast that their victory was earned through their army's might. It was God, and God alone, who would provide the victory.
He told Gideon to separate the men by the way they drank water. Finally, Gideon was left with 300 men. Working through this small band, God gave victory over the Midianites! They were indeed like a loaf of barley bread, hitting the Midianite tent with such force.

This phrase - Remember Gideon - rang in my head. I was quite disheartened and worried about the CF's lifespan, because many of us are leaving and graduating, and there aren't even that many to begin with. And God just told me to Remember Gideon.

So I flipped my Bible open, and there was that beautiful story of what God can do with a willing heart. That beautiful dream of the round loaf of barley bread - valued so cheaply by all, yet used by God so mightily.

Henry Varley said "The world has yet to see what God will do with a man fully consecrated to Him."
D.L Moody, hearing those words, later wrote this about it: "A man! Varley meant any man. Varley didn't say he had to be educated or brilliant, or anything else. Just a man. Well, by the Holy Spirit in me, I'll be that man."

Well, by the Holy Spirit in me, I'll be that woman! Amen. After all, I've already fulfilled the 'round' part of the loaf of barley bread...