Yahweh looked at him, and said, Go in this your might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian: have not I sent you?
While Gideon is meditating and working, an angel appears to him and gives him the assurance that with him at least God was at peace. The covenant angel said to him, “﻿Jehovah is with thee, thou mighty man of valor.﻿” Methinks his spirit ought greatly to have rejoiced at that assurance, and perhaps it did; for what better thing can happen unto any man than to receive such a token for good? If God be for us, who can be against us? We know how sweet is the assurance that being justified by faith we have peace with God. It is well with us when we are assured that the Lord is with us, our helper, our shield, our portion forever and ever.
